The Mainstreaming of Unicycles

i take this to be a good sign?
:slight_smile:

ā€œThe cycle is delivered pre-assembled. Simply fit the frame onto the hub, tighten up four screws, fit the pedals and the saddle, tighten up and off you go!ā€

Lucky it isnā€™t self assembly :smiley:

Far out.

Duty free I take it?

It is kinda weird to see the mainstreaming of unicycles. The current advertisments of a local NZ bank has sketch of a guy on a unicycle peddling off to work. Iā€™ll scan it this weekend if I remember.
If youā€™re in NZ the bank is Westpac.

Ken

havenā€™t heard that in ages:)

so iā€™m told, yeah
what kind of uni is that?
quality?
and is that price realistic?

donā€™t buy it- itā€™s got a plastic wheel (commonly referred to as a ā€œmag wheelā€) It appears to be a low-end 20" freestyle uni, but for a low end uni, itā€™s a bit pricey!

the thought never crossed my mind
iā€™m just curious to ā€˜placeā€™ the machine in question in the market
esp in the light of the fact that due to the demand, they now have a delivery delay on the unis (or so they say)

What special features would be on a unicycle? Extra price?

90 kg until it breaks?

That sounds suspiciosly like lollipop bearings.

It sounds like this unicycle might be just right for a kidā€™s toy unicycle. But not at that price!
BTW, how much is 119 EUR in USD? Iā€™m too lazy to look it up (typical American). :wink:

it is $145 US i have no idea how much that is in real money (Ā£ā€™s) but ive closed the site down now, but it sounds very expensive non the less.
and yes if you look really closely i believe you can make out bolts on the forks, which menas only one thing, lollipops.

cant you get a torker for less than that , im sure i paid around the same amount for my first uni which was a DM

The unicycle is no longer pictured at the page thatā€™s linked. You have to click on ā€œKidsā€ and then ā€œBikesā€ to see it. That puts it firmly in the kids category. So far, all the mag wheel unicycles Iā€™ve seen were best suited to lighter weight people (kids). Though I think the wheels themselves are very robust, the attachment between the plastic (or nylon) wheel and the steel hub/axle assembly is the weak point.

It looks essentially like the Jugglebug unicycles you can get at Unicycle.com (for less). That means main cap bearings, most likely, but I canā€™t be sure.

Of course the basic rule here is that whenever you see something you like in an airline catalog, whether on the plane or on the Web, look around and you can usually find the exact same item elsewhere for a significanly lower price.

Kudos for Lufthansa for adding a unicycle to its catalog, exposing the idea of riding one to a larger audience!

No argument on the last point, but, for the record, I got at it by going to Sports & Leisure -> Bikes. Itā€™s on the second page of bikes.

Cheers,
Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ

Thats kind of cool, as Paul and I flying to Japan for unicon with lufthansa.
I shall look out out for it in the inflight mag!
Maybe they will be understanding of our strange shaped luggaguage.

SArah

Ha, the LH edition! Endorsed by Krisā€™s lesser known half-brother, Leroy Holm!

Sarah,

And if they moan about your luggage point out they have a bike bag in their catalogue as well.

Keith