jamessd said:Well a Muni would certainly not be my main ride round here, there
-aren't- hills or sufficient off road tracks to ride on, if I were to
ride through a field itd just be on my kh20.
Maybe im just unlucky, but I can appreciate the few muni spots there
are, on my kh20 😎
My first uni was a 20" UMX - for it's time, that was "the business",
with a wide rim and a fat grippy tyre. By today's standards, it was
primitive and heavy. I rode many many miles around our local country
park on that on narrow muddy paths. It can be done.
Trust me on this: a 24" is hugely better than a 20" even for muddy
narrow paths. A 24" is 20% bigger than a 20". It rolls over stuff
better, gets bogged down less, and encourages you to go off the path
and try stuff you would ride past on a 20".
Add to that the extra fat tyre of a KH24 which gives you an effective
rolling diameter nearer to 26" and you have a machine capable of going
almost anywhere that your skill will take it.
I do most of my riding on or near a river bank. This is, by
definition, not hilly. It is mud, small bumps, occasional swoops down
little slopes, occasional slogs up small but steep slopes. Away from
the river there are sometimes cart tracks, woods, flood banks etc.
I have ridden all of my territory many many times on 20, 24, 24x3,
700c, and Coker. Have no doubt at all that even a KH24 will open up
new possibilities to you compared to a KH20. Yes, you can do it on a
20, but the 24 is designed to do it.
I have never unicycled off road in Essex, but I visit the county every
year for the Thaxted Ring Meeting, and as part of that we tour the area
on a coach, visiting country pubs and villages, annoying the locals
with our Morris dances and merry songs of old England. I see loads of
stuff from the coach windows that I would like to explore on a KH24 or
a 26".
From a 24 to a 26 = 8%. That's a big step in performance.
26 to 29 = 11.5%
29 to 36 = 24%
20 - 29 = 45%
If I had only one uni for all purposes, it would be a 29. Ironically,
that is the only one I do not have in my fleet. So I use the 700c x 23
mm for roads and easy cross country; 26 x 2.3" for tougher cross
country, and the 24 x 3" is the tractor that takes me anywhere. The
20" is consigned to occasional play, and performance.
--
Mikefule
I once had a bad experience with a bigot. Now I hate them all - even
the ones I haven't met.
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