Unicycle Help?

[bigamac]

I already ride trials. And i ride am able to ride unicycle. I want to get a trials unicycle. think it will be a laugh.

i shall be asking it for crimbo.

with in between £150-200 to spend on it.

maybe £250 if very lucky.

Any suggestions for where to get one? and what type.

maybe a few links if possibly.

cheers,

luke.

[Sponge]

Hey dude,

There are a few good unis about, but I am currently selling mine, minus the frame.

Click

It's the absolute pinnacle you can get for a trials unicycle.

Profile hub and crankset (new!) built onto a super tough Alex DX32 rim custom powdercoated by Bedford Unicycles in Canada... very rare and NO ONE in the UK owns a set of Profiles on unicycle.- the wheels retail nearly 400 brand new.

I am also including a Try-All 19" tyre, and Koxx red seat clamp brand new... so ignore the Maxxis creepy crawler and scratched seatclamp there.

Kris Holm saddle.. excellent condition, no rips, and super comfortable and slim for good seat-out hopping! The MOST popular saddle there is for street and trials unicyclists! With BRAND NEW Try-All seatpost

^All of that for 200 pounds only.. and since you are in Essex, we can easily meet up in London. All you'll need is a frame to complete it; I recommend the Kris Holm frame (2008 blue shortneck) or get a Koxx Devil frame which is very strong too.

Edited October 24, 2008 by Sponge

[bigamac]

Nice mate, but if im gonna get one i need to try get a whole one. Preferably new because it well be crimbo stuff. i don't think i can sorry. Have you got any good sites i can get one from? or brands of the unicycles to look for?

[Mikee]

there are a few on tartybikes! no idea if they are good ones as i have no idea about unicyle trials. they look pretty sweet. cheapest one is £265 though so you might have to save a bit of money up aswell.

Edited October 24, 2008 by mikee999

[Sponge]

You won't find any truly decent trials unicycles under 300 complete.

Mine was customized to a top spec; it's so hard for me to describe since you don't really know that much about unicycles yet.

The cranks are BRAND NEW Profiles; the hub is hardly used and everything is in totally perfect condition. No creaking, smooth running bearings.

-brand new Try-All seatpost

-brand new Koxx seatclamp (red)

-very little used Kris Holm slim saddle

-Try-All tyre

-DMR V8 pedals (black, smooth, all pins intact!)

It's hardly been ridden and is a truly world-champion spec unicycle. All of that would retail over 600 if bought separately.

Frames are very very cheap... they cost as little as 30/40 pounds for a Koxx Devil frame, and 80 for a Kris Holm frame.

If you want I can sell you this, with a Koxx Devil frame for 220.

[JT!]

Either of the uni's on tartybikes look pretty good. There's one on supercycles for £220 too.

And then you have loads here for less than 200.

http://www.unicycle.uk.com/Shop/shopdispla...=7&subcat=6

Edited October 24, 2008 by JT!

[Sponge]

Two unicycle brands you should be looking at, and none others... because they are very very flawed. I can go into details why if you'd like... (Onza have terrible truly terrible frames for example... which have too wide crowns, are heavy, and kill your shins on sidehops; at the same time they have open-ended tubing covered by a plastic cap... not good)

Monty, Onza, Qu-Ax, Nimbus... all have major *major* flaws with them and not worth buying

if you want to buy a complete unicycle... only these two brands should be considered.

Koxx and Kris Holm.

KOXX

The Devil series is what you'll be looking at from koxx... and these retail a shade under 300. But for a reason.

Pros: decent and good value for money

excellent tyre

nice solid cranks, but a bit heavy

drilled rim- these are 36h ones, and get smashed very easily in unicycle trials. The joints of metal between the holes are very thin on 36h rims and snap piece by piece.

Cons: incredibly heavy, weak small bearings due to thick ISIS-like spindle

fat saddle, very very uncomfortable for an advanced method of sidehopping when you hold the saddle 'seat-out' (i.e. seat in front of you, and one hand gripping on the side of the saddle.. so you can tuck on hops)

-fragile pedals

Kris Holm-

Excellent trials unicycle, better than Koxx Devils by a way, but expensive!

-Pros- lightweight aluminium frame (but can tend to snap after a few months from the stress of trials unicycling)

Nice strong ISIS cranks, but again, Super super heavy. (No, really, it is that heavy)

Kris Holm saddle- excellent for trials and street (the most popular saddle for riders)

Cons- Maxxis Creepy Crawler... not so good for unicycle trials; as the sidewalls are very thin and pinch punctures are even more common than in biketrials. Also the sidewalls can 'slip', because they are so thin, during a very angled preload for a big gap or sidehop; and this can be very dangerous. This is why Try-All tyres are excellent for uni... because of thick sidewalls

- Expensive

-weak hub flanges (ISIS hubs in uni, are steel all-over, and the flanges bend over time naturally... from spoke pressure... not ideal)

-thin and fragile bearings due to super thick ISIS axle (often needs replacing, same for Koxx's hubs and bearings)

If you have money, then go for Kris Holm. It's a great brand and owned by the pioneer of unicycling, Kris Holm. He's a truly awesome guy.

On the other hand, if you want to buy my parts, then i'd be more than happy to sell it to you; as the parts were each specially chosen and picked to create the absolute best. Sadly, I don't really ride unicycle trials anymore and don't need them . Gutted.

Profile hubs and cranks are great because they are very very light; and the bearings are much stronger than on ISIS unicycle hubs, since Profile's outer axle diameter is smaller; but is thicker internally. So it's extremely strong; whilst maintaining tough smooth bearings for years; unlike ISIS.. as the bearings are just too small.

At the same time, on Profiles, you get a lifetime warranty... and these cranks are new on mine. Everything is easily servicable and you can get replacement parts easily; the bearings can be pulled off the axle very very simple on Profiles since the axle isn't tapered like ISIS. On ISIS, once you have broken bearings you need a special and slightly expensive bearing puller tool to remove it from the axle since it's tapered.

I hope this makes unicycle technology clearer!

TIP:!

Thought JT listed unicycle.com.... please don't fall into the trap of buying a sub-200 pound unicycle that is standard and has a thin diameter seatpost (anything under 27.2mm diameter is weak in unicycling). These cheaper unicycles have terrible frames and have square taper axles and cranks... these break within weeks on a unicycle. You MUST use a splined crankset of some sort on a unicycle.. whether it be ISIS or Profile. Most of the saddles are also very fat on these cheaper unicycles including Koxx Devils and Nimbus unicycles... and it is very very uncomfortable if you want to use advanced trials techniques... like holding the saddle in front of you to be able to get higher sidehops.

Edited October 24, 2008 by Sponge

[txt2007]

this is probably the biggest uk unicycle shop ive found so far, theres a uni going on the uk uni forum atm for arround 200 looks sweet i would buy it if i had the cash...

http://www.unicycleforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=120 there it is

[JT!]

crankset (new!)

The cranks are BRAND NEW Profiles

and these cranks are new on mine.

I hear the cranks are new, is this true!?

Thought JT listed unicycle.com.... please don't fall into the trap of buying a sub-200 pound unicycle that is standard and has a thin diameter seatpost (anything under 27.2mm diameter is weak in unicycling). These cheaper unicycles have terrible frames and have square taper axles and cranks... these break within weeks on a unicycle. You MUST use a splined crankset of some sort on a unicycle.. whether it be ISIS or Profile. Most of the saddles are also very fat on these cheaper unicycles including Koxx Devils and Nimbus unicycles... and it is very very uncomfortable if you want to use advanced trials techniques... like holding the saddle in front of you to be able to get higher sidehops.

Me personally i'd buy a cheaper unicycle if you've hardly ever ridden one before. Rather than splashing out more than a quarter of a grand one something that'll be ridden for 2 months max and end up in a shed.

[Sponge]

That's a decent spec uni.

But....

2007 kris holm frame... but it's been stripped and they are quite fragile frames if you use them for trials a lot.

Odyssey Cielencki pedals... horrible horrible heavy pedals for unicycling; not good at all. Small pins, so there's little grip for shoes and also when you do sidehops-to-pedal to get up higher obstacles

Koxx Orange bud Camo saddle- same spec as the standard red saddle on the normal Koxx Devil, but it's just too damn fat for any decent seat-out trials.

Maxxis CC tyre- really really not recommended for unicycle trials. Trust me. You want something more stable like Try-All.

Kris Holm ISIS hub- that one there will have bent flanges from spoke pressure on rim. Guaranteed. It's a major fault on all of these steel ISIS hubs.

But it's a nice uni.

I'll be selling mine at 220 pounds too, you can collect from me in London if you wish. Complete unicycle with frame

I hear the cranks are new, is this true!?

Me personally i'd buy a cheaper unicycle if you've hardly ever ridden one before. Rather than splashing out more than a quarter of a grand one something that'll be ridden for 2 months max and end up in a shed.

I'll let your forum reputation speak for itself, JT.

Firstly, buying a cheap square tapered unicycle is a very very bad idea. You wouldn't know as you don't do unicycle trials and even if your friends did, you wouldn't know much still unless you did it yourself. Square taper cranks and hubs bend within weeks of trials unicycling. There is A LOT more pressure on componentry in unicycling than in biketrials.. for obvious reasons.

These cheaper ones are totally un-upgradeable; and aren't compatible with higher end parts. It'd be a total waste o 125 or however much pounds. Really. A total waste. And once you're done riding it and you want something better... you will find it VERY hard to re-sell because no one will want it. It's that bad.

Edited October 24, 2008 by Sponge

[bigamac]

Nahh i would rather buy it new. specially when I'm new to it. sorry.

And those ones on tarty or that unicycle website look good enough for me. I might just see if it is cheaper to but all parts separate. and build myself.

And to be quite honest sponge u seem to carry on to much. i cant be bothered to read all of it. waste of time. I'm only beginner so i dont need a pro unicycle. simple as.

Edited October 24, 2008 by bigamac

[JT!]

Nahh i would rather buy it new. specially when I'm new to it. sorry.

And those ones on tarty or that unicycle website look good enough for me. I might just see if it is cheaper to but all parts separate. and build myself.

I know zero about unicycles, but if someone was to come on here and ask the same question regarding trials bike, it'll probably end up being much more expensive to buy parts separately and build you're own bike.

Unicycles trials is even harder to stick to than biketrials. So i'd say you're better off just buying a cheapish one, then it'll be easier to sell on if you decide it's not for you. If you get into it, you can still sell it on and go buy something much better.

I'll let your forum reputation speak for itself, JT.

Wouldn't have it any other way!

[Sponge]

Nahh i would rather buy it new. specially when I'm new to it. sorry.

And those ones on tarty or that unicycle website look good enough for me. I might just see if it is cheaper to but all parts separate. and build myself.

And to be quite honest sponge u seem to carry on to much. i cant be bothered to read all of it. waste of time. I'm only beginner so i dont need a pro unicycle. simple as.

Yep that's fine. Only trying to help. If you're slack about it and generally take it as a laugh, then ok, I won't stop you from getting whatever you want to get. And as JT said, it's hard to stick to, that's very true. Just don't waste your money, that's my advice. I do like to go into detail, but if vast knowledge and specific details is not what you remotely care about in a hobby then I pity the fool. All up to you. Just don't be a stereotypical Essex plonker about it! Enjoy it, and treat it more seriously than 'just a laugh' because in unicycling, you get NOWHERE if you don't take it seriously, it's tough tough sport.

Gratz...

and Ciao.

[Sam Oliver]

look here:

http://www.cleanbikes.co.uk/bikes.htm

[amanda]

These cheaper ones are totally un-upgradeable; and aren't compatible with higher end parts. It'd be a total waste o 125 or however much pounds. Really. A total waste. And once you're done riding it and you want something better... you will find it VERY hard to re-sell because no one will want it. It's that bad.

Sponge, what are you talking about?

Nimbus Trials uni - £168. That's the cheapest trials unicycle I'd recommend. The Isis hub means that it's compatible with KH moment, Onza Tensile and other Isis cranks (except for K1 "isis") so there's an easy upgrade if you need one. The frame is like a tank, you won't break it. The rim you probably will break at some point, but everyone breaks rims. Same goes for the seatpost, but just buy a crmo one and you're good to go.

And about not being able to sell it on... loads of people are always looking for a nice cheap trials uni to try out after they've learnt to ride on their £50 learner unis. It's people like Sponge that are struggling to sell their "amazing PRO equipment" because it's outdated (noone rides profile on unicycles anymore) and people would rather buy new KH or K1 isis stuff.

[Jake Beach]

Try tarty, I think clean bikes also have some monty ones.

[Joe@Onza]

Had to drop my 2 pence in,

http://www.unicycle.uk.com/shop/shopdispla...?catalogid=1002

[neotropolis]

I hear the cranks are new, is this true!?

I did hear somwhere that the cranks were actually new!