Making a new handle

It should be pretty easy. When all I did was trials and muni I wanted
one an thought about making one by getting a freestyle handle(bumper)
and taking a metal plate and drilling holes in the same place as the
handle. Then that peice would come out and I would take the tubbing
for the actual handle part and Cut a peice out down the middle
lengthwise the same size as the peice of metal on the seatbase and
putting that through the hand and weldiing it to security. But just
looking at the reader it makes me wonder why is so pricey when it is a
rather simple design. make somthing up on your own and sel them 10
bucks cheaper than the reeder and then more people will buy yours😄

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dudewithasock said:

Yeah, and they have more estrogen than me, too. Now *that* takes guts.

iridemymuni said:

hey evan i've got the same blue nipples as you !!!!!

tobbogonist said:

this may be off topic, but my trouser snake is called:
Conan: The Barbarian

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Thanks BC, yeah that would be nice to sell them for cheaper, but I am
really looking to improve the design of the reeder and make a better,
lighter handle that people will be able to use in all settings really.
It is a relatively simple design as the reeder goes, but I was mainly
wondering what would everyone like to see in a handle, or an IMPROVED
reeder. I am not trying to steal the reeder by any means I am trying to
figure out and build the best handle for unicycling. Just trying to get
some feedback from ya'll

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I've used a reeder handle on my muni for several years and got very
accustomed to it, in fact, I think I'd feel a bit shaky on a uni with
the standard kind of short plastic handle.

I like the design pretty much as it is in terms of it's length and
shape.

If you can make an aluminium one that's lighter and maybe a bit
cheaper, that would be great.

One useful change, if it's possible, would be to eliminate the sharp
corner join, as I feel it's a possible safety issue- my handle is
padded at the corner, but it would be nice if the handle could be made
of curved tubing there, rather than the current join.

The other issue with the Reeder is that it wrecks standard metal seat
bases after a few months use- I got round this by purchasing a carbon
fiber base which has worked well.

However, that's obviously a pricey option.

One option would be to make the handle attach to the seat post via a
clamp, rather than the seat base- that would obviously make the design
harder, but I thought I'd put the idea forward.

Lastly, you could maybe consider also doing a two-pronged GB design as
well- more for distance than muni; apparently those handles are
difficult to get hold of as well.

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onewheeldave said:

Lastly, you could maybe consider also doing a two-pronged GB design as
well- more for distance than muni; apparently those handles are
difficult to get hold of as well.

Not any more' they aren't' (http://tinyurl.com/ymjvwv).

Seatpost mounted reeder handle/rail adapter, attaching in a similar way
to the 'T7 handle' (http://tinyurl.com/ymjvwv) might be nice.

Personally, the thing that would make a reeder handle nice is not being
so wide, as the pointy bit dave talks about hit my leg every time I
fell off when I used one. I don't think I'd worry about unispins and
things like that, cos people doing those will surely want something
more similar to a KH handle, I don't reckon the reeder type handles
make sense for that kind of riding.

Joe

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1wheeldave - Thanks for the input I will try and bend some piping and
see what I can come up with. Thanks for all the ideas I will def take
all those into consideration. I have def looked at mounting the handle
onto the seat post, I would def try and keep it slim lined if I did
that to keep it out of the way, and def make it out of aluminum so that
you wouldnt add another 2 pounds of steel onto your uni. Thanks for all
the ideas 1wheel and joe......keep em coming if you all have nething
else. Thanks

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