Why can't i just buy a normal unicycle wheel!!

Unicycles and Equipment
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Does any one know where the hell i can get just a normal wheel that is cheap. becuase every where i look they are £60 + , and i don’t need some fancy indestructible wheel i just want one for a project i am building, and i read u can’t use bike wheels cos their bearings are on the inside and need to be on the outside for the pedals to connect straight to the axle.

Can anyone help?

CallumUK

2

Not certain what your project is, but why not but a cheapo Uni off Ebay and use the wheel. They are less that 20. Available in the UK? Not sure.Worth a check, tho.

Blake

3

What kind of wheel are you looking for? For cheap, you could just get a torker CX wheelset, or sun or united or somthing like that.

The whole wheelset, or just the rim, or the axle or what? Look at unicycle.com.

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Is this what your looking for?

http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=757

or this?

http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=760

or this?

http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=604

or?

http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=456

Just wondering. I know its unicycle.com and not the uk version but they could probably get them for ya.

5

why is exactly the same item loads more expencive on the UK site?

http://www.unicycle.uk.com/shop/shopdisplayproduct.asp?catalogid=553

callumUK

6

Stuff generally seems to be cheaper in the US, I remember being shocked by how much you pay for CDs and movies in britain (I won’t mention the cost of gasoline in your country)

jim

7

Yer its £15.00 for an album ($27.00) that sucks maybe its cos they have to import it or there is less demand here

8

No, its cos they can rip us off for every penny we have, by charging over the odds for stuff that should cost little or nothing. I remember seeing a few weeks ago a big uproar in the states about the possibility of new console (Xbox 360, PS3 etc) games costing as much as $60! :astonished: :astonished: :astonished: !!111!!1. They’ve cost £45 ($75-$80) here for as long as I can remember, even back to the N64 days.

Damn VAT. Loose.

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It’s shipping, import tax and VAT of course. (I believe teleporting shipments may be able to reduce these costs)
as for fuel, CDs & non-imported items, etc - see Loosemoose above.