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THE dave said:

walruses are awesome... they just chill with their tusks and stuff...

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unicycle dave said:

i have a problem with my cranks bending in and hitting the frame so i
took them off and hammered them straight is this a problem???? where
do i get parts???????😕

The problem isn't hammering them striaght, but figuring what you did to
get them bent out of shape.

You can get cranks at unicycle.com

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what i did is i fell off while trying to walk the wheel and it landed
hard on the one side

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why would you wheel walk a coker? i know the thought of gliding down
sounds cool, it is cool, but on a coker,imho,thats suicide.

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zfreak220 said:

why would you wheel walk a coker? i know the thought of gliding down
sounds cool, it is cool, but on a coker,imho,thats .

it is extremly but WHERE THERES A WHEEL THERES A WAY
i didnt get it yet but im still trying

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can you do it on a smaller wheel? or are you learning on a coker?

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zfreak220 said:

can you do it on a smaller wheel? or are you learning on a coker?

yea i can do it on my 20" but its a little harder on a coker

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zfreak220 said:

why would you wheel walk a coker?---------- ,imho,thats suicide.

lots of folks have done it and no one has died yet.

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well my saddle just wants to turn out from under me. my saddle is kinda
like a viscount???? would a better saddle work better

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i didn't mean wheel walking was dangerous, i was asking if he was
planning on using wheel walking to learn to glide, which on a coker at
excessive speeds, would be very dangerous. just my opinion though.

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unicycle dave said:

what i did is i fell off while trying to walk the wheel and it landed
hard on the one side

The short answer is to not drop a Coker on its side. Because it's a
heavy unicycle, it puts a lot more of a shock into the cranks. I know
this from my old 45" wheel, and its bent cranks. Those cranks are
steel, and though I avoid letting it fall to the side, it happens
sometimes. Every once in a while I have to take the cranks off and beat
them with a sledgehammer. Really. Someday the axle will probably break,
as it's 24 years old.

Long as you're still dropping it, stick with the steel cranks which I
assume you have now. Don't try to bend them while they're on the axle,
as you may break the axle.

As for your seat twisting, it's not the seat. Your post is twisting in
the seat clamp. You could try a beefier clamp, or go for a cruder
method I used to use on older unicycles. Roughen up the surface of the
seat post so it will grip the seat tube better. As I said this is a
crude method, as it can also roughen up the inside of your seat tube.
Try for the beefier clamp.

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Bending the stock steel cranks on a Coker is fairly common. The cranks
bend because the unicycle is heavy, has momentum, and puts more forces
on the cranks when it falls.

Stronger cranks are one option. You could also put 'Pedal Protectors'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=923) on the pedals to
absorb some of the impact shock caused when the unicycle falls.

Order new cranks from UDC and get some Pedal Protectors too. You can
ask UDC what cranks they have in stock that would be stronger than the
stock Coker cranks.

Once the cranks have bent once they're going to bend more easily the
next time. Just hammering them so they are straight again won't fix
the problem because they are weaker now.

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johnfoss said:

As for your seat twisting, it's not the seat. Your post is twisting in
the seat clamp.

I think you misread that. His feet are so high up during ww that he
cannot control the direction of the uni anymore (through the seat).
That's why he adds the seat type (Viscount).

It might help to have a seat with more curvature. KH?

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johnfoss said:

The short answer is to not drop a Coker on its side. Because it's a
heavy unicycle, it puts a lot more of a shock into the cranks..

my answer was shorter..

::unicycle dave...you bent your crank arm. buy a new one
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i found the cranks that came on my coker to be exceptionally weak.

they twisted right away, and their replacements (still steel cranks for
20 bucks) lasted much longer.

call darren bedford for some new cranks

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zfreak220 said:

why would you wheel walk a coker?

Amougst the unicycling community, eventually one stops asking this
question.

unicycle dave said:

well my saddle just wants to turn out from under me. my saddle is kinda
like a viscount???? would a better saddle work better

I understand this like Klaas Bil. A skinny viscount saddle would wiggle
back and forth beneath a boney bottom. A cushier seat, where the butt
sinks in more, might provide more friction to hold it in position.
Upward tilt might help too. (only an educated guess as I cannot
wheelwalk any unicycle)

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zfreak220 said:

why would you wheel walk a coker?

Amougst the unicycling community, eventually one stops asking this
question.

unicycle dave said:

well my saddle just wants to turn out from under me. my saddle is kinda
like a viscount???? would a better saddle work better

I understand this like Klaas Bil. A skinny viscount saddle would wiggle
back and forth beneath a boney bottom. A cushier seat, where the butt
sinks in more, might provide more friction to hold it in position.
Upward tilt might help too. (only an educated guess as I cannot
wheelwalk any unicycle)

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zfreak220 said:

why would you wheel walk a coker?

Amougst the unicycling community, eventually one stops asking this
question.

unicycle dave said:

well my saddle just wants to turn out from under me. my saddle is kinda
like a viscount???? would a better saddle work better

I understand this like Klaas Bil. A skinny viscount saddle would wiggle
back and forth beneath a boney bottom. A cushier seat, where the butt
sinks in more, might provide more friction to hold it in position.
Upward tilt might help too. (only an educated guess as I cannot
wheelwalk any unicycle)

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Klaas Bil said:

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:00:28 -0500, johnfoss wrote:

His feet are so high up during ww that he
cannot control the direction of the uni anymore (through the seat).

yea thats what i meant. i want to get an air saddle for it

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