Hello!!
Can any of you think of any other brand of unicycles that are not listed here?
Pashley Semcycle XL Semcycle Deluxe Miyata Miyata Deluxe Jugglebug Zephyr
Schwinn Cycle Pro Columbia Concord Langenberg Oxford Cycle Pro Troxel Savage
Suncycle Coker DM DMATU Rideable Bicycle Replicas
What about Giraffes??
Schwinn Semcycle Miyata
Thanks, Chris Cline MUni-Cow
Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life.
RE: Types of unicycles
> Can any of you think of any other brand of unicycles that are not listed here?
Your list includes brands and models. Watch out for double listings. I can think
of these adds, some of which are no longer made (old):
Royce Union (old, Japanese) Iverson (old, cheapie) Unic (Taiwan) Matthews (old,
CA based, also made Giraffes) Emory (FL based) Panasonic (old) Norco (Canada)
(from Europe) Walther (Germany) Bauer (old, Germany) Imholz (Switzerland) Juno
(Denmark) Siegmono (Germany)
And how come nobody mentioned The Unicycle Factory?
Whatever you put together, try to make it so there’s room to add more brands,
and more models under the various brand names.
As someone else mentioned, many of the world’s brands share common parts. Parts
of the unicycles from Siegmono, Semcycle, CyclePro, Zephyr, Savage, Bauer and
others all originate from the same factory. If not, they’re using almost the
exact same tooling in different factories.
Also, many of these importing/distributing companies make changes in their
unicycles on an irregular basis. Part of this may be how the cycle is spec.'d by
the importer, and part may be them being stuck with what they get from the
factory in Taiwan. So two different owners of Cycle Pro unicycles may have
different pedals, crank arms, bearing attachments, and seats.
Before your head starts swimming away, just think how much simpler this is than
trying to do the same thing with bicycles!
Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone (reply to jfoss@unicycling.com)
http://www.unicycling.com
“Hi. I’m Jeff Lenosky.”
Re: Types of unicycles
> Can any of you think of any other brand of unicycles that are not listed
here?
Telford Muni Rob
Re: Types of unicycles
> Can any of you think of any other brand of unicycles that are not listed here?
Custom Osell’s Unicycle (made by Paul Wyganowski (sp?))
My double wheeler was made by him and he’s made many other ones too; both 20"
freestyle unis and 28" unicycles for the Unicycle Across Minnesota).
> What about Giraffes??
Savage makes one. I think Brauns also has one. They may even be the exact same
unicycle from the same factory.
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The Cline’s wrote:
>
> Can any of you think of any other brand of unicycles that are not listed here?
In the UK there is (was?) a brand called Bogglefingers, however it was merely an
import re-badged in a joint venture between the Boggle juggling shop and
Butterfingers juggling supplier.
There are a lot of them around though.
Also there is a French company which makes circus equipment under the names
“Voltige” and “Unicycle”, which produces plastic wheeled unicycles. No good for
muni etc, but a couple of kids in our circus shows use them, and they look
brilliant on stage.
- RichardRe: Types of unicycles
The Cline’s wrote:
> Cycle Pro Cycle Pro
To be sure, to be sure. 
> What about Giraffes??
DM
Regards, Mark.
It’s back !! Birmingham Circus Convention returns 29th April, 2000 !!
Re: Types of unicycles
The Cline’s (ncline@eup.k12.mi.us) wrote:
: Hello!!
: Can any of you think of any other brand of unicycles that are not listed here?
Pichler (my spelling is probably off as my German is rather poor)
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Re: Types of unicycles
Greetings
In message “RE: Types of unicycles”, John Foss wrote…
>> Can any of you think of any other brand of unicycles that are not
>> listed here?
You forgor a very importsnt one: Miyata from Japan. And in Japan there are at
least another half a dozen brands.
>Your list includes brands and models. Watch out for double listings. I can
>think of these adds, some of which are no longer made (old):
>
>Royce Union (old, Japanese) Iverson (old, cheapie) Unic (Taiwan) Matthews
>(old, CA based, also made Giraffes) Emory (FL based) Panasonic (old)
>Norco (Canada)
>
>(from Europe) Walther (Germany) Bauer (old, Germany) Imholz (Switzerland) Juno
>(Denmark) Siegmono (Germany)
>
>And how come nobody mentioned The Unicycle Factory?
>
>Whatever you put together, try to make it so there’s room to add more brands,
>and more models under the various brand names.
>
>As someone else mentioned, many of the world’s brands share common parts.
>Parts of the unicycles from Siegmono, Semcycle, CyclePro, Zephyr, Savage,
>Bauer and others all originate from the same factory. If not, they’re using
>almost the exact same tooling in different factories.
>
>Also, many of these importing/distributing companies make changes in their
>unicycles on an irregular basis. Part of this may be how the cycle is spec.'d
>by the importer, and part may be them being stuck with what they get from the
>factory in Taiwan. So two different owners of Cycle Pro unicycles may have
>different pedals, crank arms, bearing attachments, and seats.
>
>Before your head starts swimming away, just think how much simpler this is
>than trying to do the same thing with bicycles!
>
>Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone (reply to jfoss@unicycling.com)
>http://www.unicycling.com
>
>“Hi. I’m Jeff Lenosky.”
>- David Poznanter
>
>
>
>
>
Stay on top, Jack Halpern, IUF Vice President Website: http://www.kanji.org
Re: Types of unicycles
The Cline’s (ncline@eup.k12.mi.us) wrote:
: Hello!!
: Can any of you think of any other brand of unicycles that are not listed here?
Juno a danish make, lovely paint job, hard but fun fur covered saddle with
rubber bumper “beaks” and they come in frame sizes from short to tall but all
seem to have 20 inch wheels. lollypop style bearing houseing with a single bolt
through each fork. maybe a lurking Dane can fill in as to WHo makes them WHERE.
There were lots of them at eurocycle this summer.
sarah
Re: Types of unicycles
Re: Types of unicycles
The Cline’s wrote in message
<3..2.32.19991118202345.00685cf8@eup.k12.mi.us>…
>Can any of you think of any other brand of unicycles that are not listed
here?
There’s one called “Summit”, which appears to be identical to the “Savage”.
Parts from Taiwan.
And of course, there’s the mighty HEDSTROM!
Greg
Re: Types of unicycles
On 18 Nov 1999 17:34:41 -0800, ncline@eup.k12.mi.us (The Cline’s) wrote: Hi,
>Can any of you think of any other brand of unicycles that are not listed here?
My unicycle came, in pieces, in a box which had Bogglefingers written on the
side of it. Do they make or import unis?
Re: Types of unicycles
Andrew Jones <ee9adj@bath.ac.uk> asked:
>
> My unicycle came, in pieces, in a box which had Bogglefingers written on the
> side of it. Do they make or import unis?
Bogglefingers are the same cheap Taiwanese imports that also carry so many
other brand names. They were imported jointly by Butterfingers (juggling
wholesalers in Bristol) and Boggle (juggling shop in Bath, where I used to work
as a student).
Sadly Boggle closed down a couple of years ago, but I believe Butterfingers
still import the same unicycle and probably still use the same name.
Out of interest, Andrew, is the juggling club still going at Bath University? I
was Chairman in 94/95, but I haven’t heard much about it since I graduated and I
can’t find any sign of the web pages I set up for it.
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have to start the day.
Re: Types of unicycles
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 10:53:13 GMT, “Danny Colyer”
<danny@mosyour.head.clara.net> wrote:
>Bogglefingers are the same cheap Taiwanese imports that also carry so many
>other brand names.
My unicycle was not cheap and I believe that it is very well made. I have not
found any flaw - even minor - which causes discomfort or a lack of practicality,
in fact it’s very comfortable.
>Sadly Boggle closed down a couple of years ago, but I believe Butterfingers
>still import the same unicycle and probably still use the same name.
I see, any idea who actually made the unicycle?
>Out of interest, Andrew, is the juggling club still going at Bath University? I
>was Chairman in 94/95, but I haven’t heard much about it since I graduated and
>I can’t find any sign of the web pages I set up for it.
erm, I’m not sure. At the clubs and socs fair there was a written reference to
something called “Balls Up” but I couldn’t find a stand. That’s about all I
know about a juggling club - I certainly don’t know anybody who’s in it
although I have been approached (whilst unicycling) to be asked whether there
was a circus society… Typical, ride a unicycle and people think you must be
in the circus…
Andrew
Re: Types of unicycles
Andrew Jones complained:.
> My unicycle was not cheap and I believe that it is very well made. I have not
> found any flaw - even minor - which causes discomfort or a lack of
> practicality, in fact it’s very comfortable.
>
at my assertion that:
> >Bogglefingers are the same cheap Taiwanese imports that also carry so many
> >other brand names
Erm, hmmm, let’s try and get out of this one.
Depends what you mean by not cheap. The Butterfingers catalogue lists a price of
89 GBP for a 20" Bogglefingers (about twenty quid more IIRC than when I worked
in Boggle 5 years ago, but I’ve seen the same unicycle sold elsewhere for quite
a bit more than this). By comparison, the same catalogue shows a price of 134
GBP for a DM Ringmaster 20" with contour saddle (about 15 quid more than 5 years
ago) and 195 GBP for a 20" DM Advanced Ringmaster.
While the cost of a Bogglefingers is a lot of money for a student (would have
kept me in beer for days ) and certainly isn’t cheap in absolute terms, it’s
at the low end of the price spectrum for a new unicycle of reasonable quality.
And the quality is good - I couldn’t possibly argue with that. The saddle is
comfortable (any other unicycle for this sort of price would probably come with
either a T-bar saddle or a Pashley contoured saddle (ouch). But as with anything
you get what you pay for, and the chances are that your Bogglefingers won’t last
as long as something more expensive.
I’m not knocking your unicycle - it’s exactly what I’d recommend to anyone
looking for a new unicycle under 100 quid. But ultimately it’s the one-wheeled
equivalent of a 200 quid mountain bike - while it’ll serve you well as long as
you treat it gently, I wouldn’t recommend taking it off road (OK, you might not
be into muni, but that’s not really what I meant anyway).
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