what is it?
i need one
A pipe cutter, if you want to do it nicely, a hacksaw if you don’t really care about a perfect cut.
A plumbers pipe cutter or a hack saw will do the job for you. A file is a good idea to assist in cleaning up any rough edges.
Reciprocating Saw. Cuts like butter.
a pipe cutter is ideal but any saw that is ment to cut steel will work. I have used hacksaws, skillsaws with an abrasive blade, steel cutoff saws and this giant bandsaw ment for cutting steel beams.
I usuay use a grinder to remove any burrs and make the cut end a bit rounded.
I like to run over the post with a car many times till it is cut.
i just use a plasma cutter
but you should search cause e know there are a few of these threads floating around
I use a hack saw, does the job
is it bad to cut the stem down also?
because im super short
hmm thats a good idea.
try cut only the post. If you are really that short then yeah go for it, but u’ll have to make a groove like there is originally and be abit more carefull. Seatposts are dirt cheap, frames (actually qu-ax ones are lol) arent - so much
ya so if you accidently ruin your frame you could just buy the Quax Street frame.
Thats what i hope to do sometime
I would say you could build your own frame, but if you’re asking how to cut down a seatpost then I don’t think you have the skills to build a frame…
Yeah I tweaked my 07 DX frame off a drop less than 3 feet high…
I need to build a new frame soon.
no you didn’t!!!
lol
i barely tweaked mine at all … and i bent a seatpost and rim at the same time cuz i put a ton of force right at the fork and held the seat
whats the notch for?
yeah i dont know about building a frame
Mine is bent at the gusset… the whole seat tube is crooked to the left of the Unicycle. The only way you can tell is when riding on roads with a decent amount of crown to them, or by just looking down on the Unicycle… it is out by about 1/2" by eye.
I did this before I cut up my frame. So don’t say I cut it wrong.
The notch at the top is so the seat clamp can bend the tabs in to hold the post in place.
sweet
yeah i just wanted to but a 28 to ride around town
but i think im too mini
how tall are you exactly ? or are you just starting and think that every unicycle is too big for you?
The notch is a designed space in the tube that allows the tube to tighten around the post when the clamp is tightened up. if you do not have a notch then the tube won’t come together around the post.
If you cut your tube down the existing notch will likely be removed so you will have to re notch the tube.