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http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=74
this one is nice. but if you want to spend a little extra, this one is
incredible
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=697

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I'm planning on buying the second one as soon as I collect the necessary
funds. (Probably six months to a year.) The long neck frame, from what I
have heard is great for freestyle, especially stand-up tricks.

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If your Torker seat and wheelset are in good shape you can just buy the
'Semcycle Long Neck Frame'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=696) and a 'GB4
Universal Seat Post'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=608) and use your old
uni parts and upgrade later.

You can also buy the 'Semcycle Longneck Standard'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=685) to stay within
your budget.

My Andrea is riding a Sem Longneck, Miyata seat & post, and Torker
wheelset. Someday I'll get her a nicer looking wheelset.

The 'Longneck with Kovachi Wheel'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=697) mentioned by
Goatman is a little above your stated budget but one nice setup.

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For a muni rider basically just dinking around on a freestyle uni, I've
found the KH 20, at 215 bucks shipped, to be a perfectly good unit to
break my neck.

JL

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Actually, the KH freestyle looks like a good buy to me. Not quite the
best, but for the price it's quite nice.

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You should get the torker Dx it works great fo freestyle and if you want
to do trials or street it works for that to
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=764

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The KH freestyle would be good for most freestyle, but I don't think the
crown is right for stand-up tricks.

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well, no. It wont be ideal for stand up tricks, but I dont think it
would be terrible either. Sure, it's slanted, but theres a pretty big
foot patch to work with.

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jsm said:

*The KH freestyle would be good for most freestyle, but I don't think
the crown is right for stand-up tricks. *

If the sloped crown of the KH freestyle uni doesn't work well for
standup you could wrap a lot of hockey tape around it to level it off.

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caw89 said:

*You should get the torker Dx it works great fo freestyle and if you
want to do trials or street it works for that to
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=764 *

The Torker Dx is a great uni (from what I heard) but i don't think it's
ideal for freestyle for several reasons.
1 the frame is wide at the top
2 the cranks are splined, they are great for strength, but they are only
available in 2 sizes, 127 and 52mm. Freestylers like shorter cranks
3 the frame isn't as light as others
4 the frame doesn't have a long neck so the clamp is closer to the
crown

I'd say a good option is to get the sem longneck frame and put it on
your Torker LX wheelset. The LX uses a square taper hub so you can get
almost any crank length you want for it. If you need a stronger
wheelset, look at the fully buit up unicycles using the semlongneck
frame on unicycle.com.

Hope that helps,
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caw89 said:

*You should get the torker Dx it works great fo freestyle and if you
want to do trials or street it works for that to
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=764 *

The Torker Dx is a great uni (from what I heard) but i don't think it's
ideal for freestyle for several reasons.
1 the frame is wide at the top
2 the cranks are splined, they are great for strength, but they are only
available in 2 sizes, 127 and 52mm. Freestylers like shorter cranks
3 the frame isn't as light as others
4 the frame doesn't have a long neck so the clamp is closer to the
crown

I'd say a good option is to get the sem longneck frame and put it on
your Torker LX wheelset. The LX uses a square taper hub so you can get
almost any crank length you want for it. If you need a stronger
wheelset, look at the fully buit up unicycles using the semlongneck
frame on unicycle.com.

Hope that helps,
Daniel

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daino149 said:

*I'd say a good option is to get the sem longneck frame and put it on
your Torker LX wheelset*

been there, done that. get the Torker DX 20" its a better freestyle uni
from the get go.

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I'm going to put this up one more time to see if there are any other
opinions.
For the people that have helped me already, Thx.

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The Torker does look like the best deal. Its got alot of very good
parts/placement things that makes it look like it would be great for
Freestyle.

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