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why are koxx one unicycles so costly???

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I've had two falls worth mention. The first was on a cycling tour in
southern Indiana called the Hilly Hundred on my modified 29" nimbus
road cycle.

I fell...Yes, it was down hill...no I did not get hurt. I was flying
down a hill and must have either tagged some gravel or the road crown
wrong. My Right foot lost the pedal and as I tried to regain it at
full speed (around 19MPH) my left foot lost it.....the next thing I
knew I wobbled and leaned far back off my cycle and ran for my life as
I hit the ground....very close to disaster. My unicycle flew out from
under me into a ditch nearly 60 feet away with a loud noise and I just
stood at a standstill watching it...shaking for a second from
fear....Thank God I didn't lose my feet when I jumped backwards...with
cyclists nearby in all directions flying down the hill at 40-50MPH, I'm
glad I landed on my feet and got off to the side of the road quick..

The second fall was on a newly purchased 36" nimbus DX. While riding
across town to work one morning I discovered that I can get 3 miles to
work in 10 minutes flat on my new 36" unicycle. Though speed and
balance as well as traffic light timing are crucial in doing so, there
are other small aspects which may cause time to be lost. These things
include but are not limited to:

- Sunspots

- Solar Flares

- Snagging a shoelace at 15MPH and realizing that you're just going
to have to jump off...even though you cant.

So my first fall from my 36er was spectacular and left me limping to
work from the ice skating rink to downtown.

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Damn you can average 18 mph for 3 miles? that's impressive!

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110's on a 36...but its mostly downhill from campus to downtown where I
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mouse said:

I've had two falls worth mention. The first was on a cycling tour in
southern Indiana called the Hilly Hundred on my modified 29" nimbus
road cycle.

I fell...Yes, it was down hill...no I did not get hurt. I was flying
down a hill and must have either tagged some gravel or the road crown
wrong. My Right foot lost the pedal and as I tried to regain it at
full speed (around 19MPH) my left foot lost it.....the next thing I
knew I wobbled and leaned far back off my cycle and ran for my life as
I hit the ground....very close to disaster. My unicycle flew out from
under me into a ditch nearly 60 feet away with a loud noise and I just
stood at a standstill watching it...shaking for a second from
fear....Thank God I didn't lose my feet when I jumped backwards...with
cyclists nearby in all directions flying down the hill at 40-50MPH, I'm
glad I landed on my feet and got off to the side of the road quick..

The second fall was on a newly purchased 36" nimbus DX. While riding
across town to work one morning I discovered that I can get 3 miles to
work in 10 minutes flat on my new 36" unicycle. Though speed and
balance as well as traffic light timing are crucial in doing so, there
are other small aspects which may cause time to be lost. These things
include but are not limited to:

- Sunspots

- Solar Flares

- Snagging a shoelace at 15MPH and realizing that you're just going
to have to jump off...even though you cant.

So my first fall from my 36er was spectacular and left me limping to
work from the ice skating rink to downtown.

What size cranks are you using to get you nearly 20mph? And may I ask,
why are you going so fast? It's nearly impossible to run out at that
speed if you upd, so you're risking serious injury, not to mention the
uni flying into something or someone.

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riding to work at 6AM on a saturday morning in a college town is amazing
(its a ghost town). Also, I dont ride without a helmet and can stay
stable at speeds up to 20MPH. the cranks are 110mm. I obviously do
ride much slower during the day when its busy outside.

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mouse said:

riding to work at 6AM on a saturday morning in a college town is amazing
(its a ghost town). Also, I dont ride without a helmet and can stay
stable at speeds up to 20MPH. the cranks are 110mm. I obviously do
ride much slower during the day when its busy outside.

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^ the cycle

Even with 110's you would still have to be going pretty much all out to
hit 20mph. But then, I hit 14.2 with 175's, so I guess that's possible.
But you gotta be spinning like crazy!

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i've slid down more then a few stair-rails on my crotch...
you have to PM me if you want to hear about my -bad- accident...

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is your bad accident rated worse than PG-13? :p

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mouse said:

is your bad accident rated worse than PG-13? :p

well, kinda...
I posted it in Most Replys, but then again, MR is different...

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My worst crash was the result of dismounting to avoid a duck. On campus
in my town there is a duck pond with these great walking stones placed
a small distance apart. With the slope and the sort of soft ground it
make a challenge to hop from one to the next. Well I was hoping stone
to stone when I realized that a duck was being chased by three other
rather "excited" ducks right towards me. I tried to do a graceful
dismount but slipped on the soft ground. I fell all of the way to the
ground. Physically I was fine but my pride, lets just say the duck
pond has lots of ducks.

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MuniAddict said:

What size cranks are you using to get you nearly 20mph? And may I ask,
why are you going so fast? It's nearly impossible to run out at that
speed if you upd, so you're risking serious injury, not to mention the
uni flying into something or someone.

you can run out

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dunawan said:

why are koxx one unicycles so costly???

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Goats_On_Unicycles said:

well, kinda...
I posted it in Most Replys, but then again, MR is different...

link?

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dunawan said:

why are koxx one unicycles so costly???

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They are expensive because they use only the finest soft drink cans.

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thejdw said:

you can run out

A very good sprinter can hold 20mph for 12 seconds, but i doubt anyone
can accelearte their legs from stationary to 20mph in the time it takes
to fall from a coker, you would not stand a chance of running out at
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kington99 said:

A very good sprinter can hold 20mph for 12 seconds, but i doubt anyone
can accelearte their legs from stationary to 20mph in the time it takes
to fall from a coker, you would not stand a chance of running out at
this speed.

sorry for bad post lol, I should of said I have heard of people running
out at speeds like this. (hmmmmm was it in km/h.....)

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dunawan said:

why are koxx one unicycles so costly???

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true. the only hope I had when Ive run out at a speed like that was
dumb luck because I was wearing smooth bottomed chuck taylors and on
the way to the ground my feet landed on loose gravel on the road that I
slid on long enough to gain balance and run it out.

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kington99 said:

A very good sprinter can hold 20mph for 12 seconds, but i doubt anyone
can accelearte their legs from stationary to 20mph in the time it takes
to fall from a coker, you would not stand a chance of running out at
this speed.

That's what I was thinking.🙂

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thejdw said:

link?

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