KH vs. Coker

whoa, I once made a thread almost JUSt like this one!! except, it was to
decide betwixt a KH24, and a Coker, and I already had a KH20, so my
situation might be different than yours.
but anyway. I eventually decided upon the Coker instead of the KH24,
and I'm very glad of it, because I wouldn't have used the KH24 very
much. the coker is VERY useful, and VERY fun, and I highly recommend
it. but it might be different for you, if you live near a bunch of bike
trails or skate parks and do MUni or trials or street a lot. orrr, if
you ride a bike or walk to school, or work or wherever, then a coker
could come in very handy there too. you should think about it for a
while.

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i have one crappy park that they are tearing down.. their is one small
bike trials group.. not to iuntersted in that though.. have no place to
muni or trials.. unless i make up somthing.. so i guess the coker would
be much more useful..does your coker have an air saddle and brakes?

Chase

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can't you order custom unicycles from the unicycle factory? If u had
enuf $cash$ you might be able to get a strong and big unicycle.

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I got my Coker with a Torker LX seat, not an air saddle, but then
converted it with 'these' (http://unicycling.org/airseat/) instructions.
and still don't have brakes, but I'm hoping to get some soonish.

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unick 8133 said:

*can't you order custom unicycles from the unicycle factory? If u had
enuf $cash$ you might be able to get a strong and big unicycle. *

yeah, but believe it or not, they have not yet invented KH cokers...

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so i think coker it is!!!

Chase

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Let me add my 2 cents about Coker brakes.
YOU DON'T NEED IT!
Before I got my Coker, I thought brakes would be needed cause of "how
fast I would be traveling on a Coker." But this was not true for me. I
rarely go over 10mph with my Coker using 110mm cranks. So I say get
your Coker but you don't need no stinkin' brakes! :p

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I wouldn't want a Coker as my only unicycle, so if you are currently
without a unicycle at all, I'd go for a 24" KH if you already have a
useable 24" get the Coker.

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James_Potter said:

*yeah, but believe it or not, they have not yet invented KH cokers...
*

I don't believe you: http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=679

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Gilby said:

*I don't believe you:
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=679 *

well well, what do you know...I stand corrected (:

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leadpan said:

*Let me add my 2 cents about Coker brakes.
YOU DON'T NEED IT!
Before I got my Coker, I thought brakes would be needed cause of "how
fast I would be traveling on a Coker." But this was not true for me. I
rarely go over 10mph with my Coker using 110mm cranks. So I say get
your Coker but you don't need no stinkin' brakes! :p *

except, going down long steep hills on the coker is sometimes
uncomfortable, and I think a brake would help...I don't have a brake on
my coker, and I'm okay. so they're not needed, but I think they'd be
quite useful.

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ThisGuyIKnow said:

*I wouldn't want a Coker as my only unicycle. *

It's the only unicycle I would consider for an only unicycle

No doubt about it

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You don't need brakes on a Coker. You need practice. Using brakes
would take practice anyway.

Cokers are great fun. You are unlikely to use one "like a bike", in
that a Coker is inherently less versatile or safe than a bicycle, but it
is possible to cover serious distances on a Coker at bike-like speeds.

If you don't know whether you want a Coker or a KH, maybe you don't know
what you want to do yet. Or maybe you need both.

As things stand, I have a 20, a 26 MUni, a 28 and a Coker. I used to
ride the Coker night after night, 10 - 20 miles or more at a time.
Recently, the 28 has taken over. These things go in phases.

If you don't put the saddle time in, a Coker is an expensive novelty
toy. If you do put the saddle time in, it is a competent distance and
cross country machine. Cokers are not optimised for freestyle or
trials, though.

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Brian MacKenzie said:

*It's the only unicycle I would consider for an only unicycle
No doubt about it *

that's a good point...if you must only choose one uni, then I think a
coker would be a good one.
or a 29er, actually, I think that'd be a better choice.

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Brian MacKenzie said:

*It's the only unicycle I would consider for an only unicycle
No doubt about it *

that's a good point...if you must only choose one uni, then I think a
coker would be a good one.
or a 29er, actually, I think that'd be a better choice.

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yayy. first time being quoted AND helping out sorta😄

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Chase,
Big wheels are great. If you decide to get a coker, let me know. I'll
try to help you avoid the mistakes I made. Send me a pm if you want.
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You need a brake for going down big hills. You can live without it, but
if you have to ride down long or steep hills a lot, especially if you
use short cranks, you'll really appreciate it.

I have a brake on mine, which I used to use for the small hills on my
commute, but now I generally don't. But when I ride in other places,
there have been several times when I was very grateful to have the brake
there.

If you are like Leadpan's avatar, riding along the beach, you won't need
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