I’ve had my uni for about two years and by now the wheel has gradually gone out
of true. Can’t say I notice a problem while riding. Do expert riders care about
such things? Will it affect the ride? A bike store will true it for me for $18.
Re: wheel out of true
Having the wheel out of true can be a problem. If you ride outdoors on pavement
you might not notice it too much, but if you ever ride on a smooth indoor floor
you will more likely notice it. The main issue is that the wheel is not as
strong when it is not properly trued and the spokes properly tensioned. If you
are an adult, a heavier rider, an aggressive rider, or do any form of muni you
can begin to break spokes or even taco the wheel. If you do any hopping at all
on the unicycle or ride down curbs or hop up curbs it is a good idea get the
wheel trued.
Finding a good wheel builder is a wonderful thing john_childs
From: “Michael Fuhrmann” <fuhrmann@interlog.com>
>I’ve had my uni for about two years and by now the wheel has gradually gone out
>of true. Can’t say I notice a problem while riding. Do expert riders care about
>such things? Will it affect the ride? A bike store will true it for me for $18.
>
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Re: wheel out of true
This is a pretty common problem. Last year I went through 6 downhill rims and
basically have to true my rim on a weekly basis, despite having a good
wheelbuilder.
-Kris.
— Michael Fuhrmann <fuhrmann@interlog.com> wrote:
> I’ve had my uni for about two years and by now the wheel has gradually gone
> out of true. Can’t say I notice a problem while riding. Do expert riders care
> about such things? Will it affect the ride? A bike store will true it for me
> for $18.
>
>
>
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RE: wheel out of true
> I’ve had my uni for about two years and by now the wheel has gradually gone
> out of true. Can’t say I notice a problem while riding. Do expert riders care
> about such things? Will it affect the ride? A bike store will true it for me
> for $18.
Because the crank arms and pedals are attached to it, a unicycle wheel will
never spin smoothly. If you pick up your unicycle and give the wheel a fast
spin, the unicycle waggles all over the place. When you try to ride fast, it’s
basically impossible to keep the wheel in a straight line. So an out of true
wheel (side to side) won’t affect the feel of your ride.
But an out of true wheel is a weakened wheel, and it will get worse if not
adjusted. This will lead to eventual spoke breakage and possibly more damage.
Though your wheel doesn’t need to be perfectly true, you also shouldn’t ride it
if it’s starting to wag like a dog’s tail either. How picky you need to be
depends on your weight and style of riding. For a guy like David Poznanter who
is jumping off 5’ high tree stumps, you want to keep it good and straight. If
you just cruise down the street, it’s much less of an issue.
Enjoy, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone http://www.unicycling.com
“It’s not a burp from my mouth, it’s a burp from my butt.” - Austin Miller, age
8, on the topic of beans
RE: wheel out of true
At 08:52 4/04/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Because the crank arms and pedals are attached to it, a unicycle wheel will
>never spin smoothly. If you pick up your unicycle and give the wheel a fast
>spin, the unicycle waggles all over the place. When you try to ride fast, it’s
>basically impossible to keep the wheel in a straight line. So an out of true
>wheel (side to side) won’t affect the feel of your ride.
So wheel strength aside is the "ideal" (almost said ultimate) wheel one
which is shaped or weighted to eliminate the effect of pedals and cranks?
Has anyone wieghted a wheel so that it spins true with Pedals and cranks?
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Re: wheel out of true
“Michael Fuhrmann” <fuhrmann@interlog.com> writes:
>
>I’ve had my uni for about two years and by now the wheel has gradually gone out
>of true. Can’t say I notice a problem while riding. Do expert riders care about
>such things? Will it affect the ride? A bike store will true it for me for $18.
>
yup, people do care…so, make that wheel true! this is a good thing to do on a
regular basis. probably one of the most important preventative maintenance
things you can do with a uni. if you dont true and tension your wheel you run a
much higher risk of “pretzeling” your wheel. then again, maybe you’d like to
pretzel your wheel so you have an excuse to get a shine new unicycle from
also, it’s a real bummer when your out riding and your wheel knocks out far
enough that the tire rubs the frame bringing you to more than a standstill.
b true, dustin kelm
keep on trying, dustin klem unicycling productions www.dustin.kelm.com
(remove the BICYCLE from the above address to send me your brain waves)
isa 40:29-31
Re: wheel out of true
Kris, Have you tried butted vs. straight gauge spokes in your wheels to see
which type holds the rim up better? I’m just trying to find out how I should
build my next wheel, and haven’t found any solid evidence one way or the other…
butted or straight.
Chris
On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Kris Holm wrote:
> This is a pretty common problem. Last year I went through 6 downhill rims and
> basically have to true my rim on a weekly basis, despite having a good
> wheelbuilder.
>
> -Kris.
>
> — Michael Fuhrmann <fuhrmann@interlog.com> wrote:
> > I’ve had my uni for about two years and by now the wheel has gradually gone
> > out of true. Can’t say I notice a problem while riding. Do expert riders
> > care about such things? Will it affect the ride? A bike store will true it
> > for me for $18.
> >
> >
> >
>
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