rec.sport.unicycling · Public discussion

Coker (Radial 360) frame problem??

Started by brycer1968 · · Last activity · 4 posts · 245 views

This thread is locked and is currently read-only.

Thread details

What we know about this thread

Original section
rec.sport.unicycling
Published
6 July 2006
Last activity
6 July 2006
Original author
brycer1968
Posts
4
Discussion status
Public discussion
Total views
245
Views / 30 days
0
Topics

The navigation and discussion metadata provide context. Posts remain in their original chronological order.

Showing posts 1–4 of 4
Posts remain in their original chronological order.

Text size
  1. After getting my new airfoil wheelset upgrade for my radial 360, I was
    disapointed to see how far off to one side the new wheelset sits in the
    stock frame. I know the stock frames on these things are mass produced,
    but it is about 3/8" off from center of the frame and It causes
    problems with my brake set-up.

    I have no way to easily check the dish on the new or old wheelset, but
    I'm assuming that UDC's new wheelset would be zero dish. It appears
    that the frame legs are actually slightly different lengths. For the
    past year, the stock wheelset ran in the center of this frame, which
    leads me to believe that the stock steel wheelset may have been "trued
    to the frame" and may have a slight dish to make up for the frame
    problem. Is this a common problem?

    I found some hard rubber shims that UDC sent me with a Nimbus frame
    last year, and tried these out to make up the difference, but this
    leaves the bearing cap bolts too short: the nylon part of the locknut
    on the bearing cap won't make contact with the bolt. Any ideas? Do I
    need a new frame or????

    Thanks for the ideas.

    --
    brycer1968
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    brycer1968's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11311
    View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/50915

  2. keg said:

    Rotate the frame i.e. left crank on right hand side. This will prove
    whether the wheel is dished, or the frame is out of alignment. Don't
    forget to rotate back before riding or your pedals will become loose.

    If you do the above and find it is definitely the frame, there is a
    tutorial on UDC UK's site on how to bend a steel frame. A few tweaks
    and you can probably get it centered.

    --
    pdc

    "What doesn't kill you strengthens you, what kills you strengthens your
    mother"
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    pdc's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8160
    View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/50915

  3. Here is the link on how to check and straighten the frame.

    http://www.unicycle.uk.com/bend.asp

    Roger

    --
    rogeratunicycledotcom

    ++++++++++++++++++
    Unicycle.com in the UK
    The UK's Unicycle Source
    www.unicycle.uk.com
    +++++++++++++++++++
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    rogeratunicycledotcom's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4116
    View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/50915

  4. Check to make sure that the bearings on each side of the hub are pressed
    on all the way. If one of the bearings is not pressed on all the way
    the result can be a frame that is off-center or lopsided.

    --
    john_childs

    john_childs (att) hotmail (dott) com
    Team Dirty Muni
    Gallery: http://gallery.unicyclist.com/john_childs
    'Unicycling Bookmark List' (http://backcountry.unicyclist.com/) ::
    'World Clock' (http://tinyurl.com/a99y3)
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449
    View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/50915

Active in the last 60 minutes

Active in this thread

0 users · 0 guests ·0 bots ·0 total

No signed-in users are active right now.

No known search crawlers active right now.