Sun 29er upgrade

Get a Big Apple tire, for one. I've been riding it the last couple weeks
on a borrowed Blueshift. It's a fine 29-er commuting tire. Fast and
smooth.

Wish I could speak to all your other questions, but I can't. Was just
feeling bad that you were still in the No Replies club after several
hours.

Recommended combination: Big Apple tire, and Apple flavored Jolly
Rancher candies. Ride the one while savoring the other.

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tomblackwood said:

*Get a Big Apple tire, for one.*

That, or a seat upgrade first, depending on the distance of your
commute. Since you will use your uni for commuting those are the most
important upgrades.

I've had my Big Apple for 1.5 years and am fully satisfied with it.
There is a BA 28 x 2.00" and a BA 28 x 2.35". Not sure about the Sun
frame but if the 2.35" fits, get that one. The actual inflated width is
about 60 mm, inflated diameter is 74.2 cm or 29.2". (They are called 28"
by Schalbe, but us unicyclists call them 29"😉.

Cranks are a less important issue for commuting I think (assuming that
it's a reasonable smooth road ride, no hops'n'drops).

Klaas Bil

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Definetely upgrade the seat. The only way I would tell somebody to use
one of those is if I wished to never have to deal with their
offspring.

Actually I learned on a sun saddle, but once I had ridden on a KH seat,
I will never use the sun again.

On the subject of tires, I'm not sure about the 29", but the tire that
comes with the 26" and 24" is not horrible.

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According to 'this thread' (http://tinyurl.com/6kjk6), the Big Apple
won't fit in the Sun frame. Has anyone actually tried it in this
specific frame?
From searching through the archives, it sounds like this thread has come
up a number of times in the past. I'm not the only one who wants to
start cheap and work my way up...

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paco said:

*This will probably be a two year project, as money will be tight as
we go through graduate school (we're trying to do it without student
loans). *

2 years! you could collect pop cans and have enough for a new kh 29er
in just a couple months. maybe longer where you are since they are not
worth 5 cents a can like here, but way before 2 years.

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I would get a cyclocross rim, size 700C (622mm, 28''😉 is the standard
size for them, they are designed to be strong and light, the cyclocross
tyres are pretty thin (about 30-35mm), and have a not that deep thread
pattern that gives low rolling resistance and a fairly good grip.

Remember that only the hub, the frame and the seat is the
unicycling-specific parts on a uni. 🙂

I don't think a bigger and fatter tire would be any good, if you use it
as a communer in first hand, and the cyclocross rim and tyre would not
break when riding XC.

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jagur said:

*2 years! you could collect pop cans and have enough for a new kh 29er
in just a couple months. maybe longer where you are since they are not
worth 5 cents a can like here, but way before 2 years. *

All the pop cans I collect are going to be going towards my tuition. I
can't justify the extra couple hundred dollars when we'll barely have
enough to pay rent.

Lleberg, from what I've read, the fatter tire makes the ride smoother
and less uncontrollable, even as a commuter. Can anyone verify this?
Good point about the uni-specific parts, though!

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jagur said:

*2 years! you could collect pop cans and have enough for a new kh 29er
in just a couple months. maybe longer where you are since they are not
worth 5 cents a can like here, but way before 2 years. *

Even better he could collect the cans in UT and return them in OR. Then
he'd really be making some money.😄

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Hi Paco, good to have you back in the forum 🙂

Is there any reason you can't use the seat from your other unicycle on
the new one (except for the inconvenience of switching it between the
unis)?

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Borges said:

*(except for the inconvenience of switching it between the unis)? *

That's the main reason. I also have an older Kris Holm seat, and I
don't want to remove it too often, for fear of spinning the bolts. Then
I'd have to buy two new seats.
I started on a Savage. I think I can handle an uncomfortable seat for a
while. 😄

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paco said:

*As it looks like I may be going back to school, and as there is no
good place to park near my college, my wife recently bought me a Sun
29er. For now, it will be a commuter unicycle, but eventually I'd
like to upgrade it to a light offroad rider/ commuter hybrid. So I
have a few questions.
*

If it rides okay on the road and you're not going to do big drops, just
ride it off road too. It'll probably hold up fine. If the rim breaks,
then you know you need a new one. If you're skint, there's no point
upgrading until you need it.

Big apple is worth getting if you've got the money spare. A seat with a
handle is nice too. Although the first thing I'd do is buy some cheap
metal pedals with pins, that's totally the thing that makes the biggest
difference, especially if you're riding fast.

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paco said:

*All the pop cans I collect are going to be going towards my tuition.
I can't justify the extra couple hundred dollars when we'll barely
have enough to pay rent.*

time to sell some plasma.

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(I'd forgotten how quickly these threads get swallowed up. This was on
the third page when I rescued it).

So, I have some good news. I got my Sun 28" yesterday from 'Sunrise
Cyclery' (https://shop.sunrisecyclery.com/display/1096/0/). Here are my
first thoughts.

Everyone says how uncomfortable the seat is. It feels fine to me. Not
as cushy as a Kris Holm seat, but it feels pretty much like a few other
unicycle seats I've had. And better than a Savage. True, if I end up
doing longer rides, I'll probably upgrade, but it feels fine for now.

The rim appears to be aluminum. Not steel. It feels sturdy enough, but
I'm not planning on doing anything besides ride off curbs (for now).

I think the first thing I'm going to upgrade is the tire. It came with
a 28 x 1.75, and it feels like a rocks after my 3" Muni tire. There is
still plenty of room to upgrade tires without anything rubbing (I think
that a 2.1, 2.3 tire fits?)

The 28" goes a lot faster than I think. I UPD'd at a regular pace and
had to run out of it. It's nice having that extra speed.

People say that 28ers are harder to control. It feels fine to me. I
got on my first try and was off and riding in no time. I had 2 UPD's,
but that was just getting the hang of the new setup.

The uni that came from Sunrise Cyclery only had one option for seat post
size, so being 5'8", I had to cut the post so I could reach the
pedals.

The pedals are cheapos, but for the price, I'm not going to complain.

All in all, I am well satisfied with the $99 I paid for it (including
shipping). There are plenty of better 28" unicycles out there, but this
one should serve my needs nicely for now.

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