Re: Nimbus MUni

they look good and stuff but ur better off getting a more expensesive
uni

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My friend has a Nimbus and he's done 2 and a half to three foot drops
with no breakage.

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Aw [censored], my cranks are going to shear off :-(

Guess I should start planning a major upgrade, splined hub/crank set +
brakes...

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kington99 said:

*this uni is great aslong as you accept that one day you're going to
have to change the hub/get a new uni.

Dave *

I agree. Sometimes, I wish that I had started with a stock Nimbus. My
total parts/repair/replace cost would have been sigificantly less.

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My Nimbus Muni is just under a year old, and is (im)patiently awaiting
the hub upgrade. I have done 2ft drops on it, and 1ft drops, and
eventually snapped the axle doing a 180 on the flat, which was prolly
only 6 inches 😉

Great starter for muni or as a 2nd uni, but yeah, accept that an upgrade
is inevitable. Anyone want to donate to the "Buy-Nick-A-Hub" fund?
(I'm going through uni withdrawal)

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DO NOT DO ANYTHING BIG ON THIS UNI!!!!!!!!! works great for trail riding
and really small drops. but yeah, upgrades gotta happen. I bent my
cranks trying a 6 foot drop and juding by that pic... im luck to not be
talking really really high.... if you get my drift...

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eh... my bro had one and it worked great. the new ones have a crmo axel,
should work a lot better. he did up to 3' drops, and eventually bent the
stock cranks. Not the axel, mind you. The new new ones are even better,
I think. I know a guy who has one, and it's a good uni. has the new KH
saddle handle, which is a bonus, alloy cranks, which I suppose are ok,
etc.

I'd go with a qu-ax unless you just want to do XC though. qu-ax is
pretty cheap, the best for its price. The Nimbus is even cheaper, and
it's probably the best for its price as well. So, it all depends on
price range and how big you're gonna go. I'd say a new nimbus would be
good for up to 2/2.5' drops. It's not weak, at least not the new ones.

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I suggest a torker DX with a beefier offroad tire,not neccisaraly a
3.00" tire,but a little smaller.It would be almost the same price,and
MUCH stronger.I've taken my DXs on multiple 5 foot drops,and a million 4
foot or so drops,and its fine.

THE dave said:

* I bent my cranks trying a 6 foot drop *

Okay,that was etheir stupid,brave,or both.😄

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I've been riding a Nimbus II 26" for about nine months, and I'm very
happy with it. I use it mostly for cross-country riding - some of it is
rocky, but no jumping or riding off cliffs. With my riding style I
don't think there is a problem with strength, but if I was into jumping
about and riding off walls I would think a stronger hub would be a good
idea.

Mine's got the black UDC chromo hub, by the way, which is probably a bit
stronger than the older type.

Rob

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