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    Daytripper63
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    This thing is AWSOME.
    I got the upshifts pretty good, although with 150 cranks I have to put
    my toes on the pedals so my heel can reach the shift button. The shift
    is a smooth transition into 1.5 mode and just tonight I got a few
    successful downshifts, the downshifts seem to be more difficult than
    the upshift.
    Tonight I tried some shoes that the rubber soles were not so
    sticky/grippy and it definetely helped with the shifting.
    Riding in 1.5 mode is sweet once you get in rythym, one of the
    adjustments that made the biggest difference of all in handling and
    ridability was done at the rail adapter seat mount, on my first couple
    rides I had the seat post clamped on the rail adapter approximately
    were a stock seat post would mount and just set the seat angle at the
    desired angle and it seemed to ride just like my other N36er which has
    same type seat mount but once I shifted I would have to pull up on the
    T7 handle so hard to keep balance my arms got tired, so I started
    trying a few things and the trick was moving the rail adapter seat post
    as far towards the back of the seat rail adapter as possible, now I can
    cruise pretty smooth once in rythym.
    While out riding yesterday I was on a somewhat flat road and had a
    smooth rythym going and a road biker caught up with me and rode with me
    a short bit talking Uni's (said he rode as a kid etc) but before he
    rode on he said "Do you know how fast your going" No "17mph" Awsome
    ride.
    The rythym of this thing is cool, know how when on a 36er and spinning
    away you wobble, well when in geared mode you dont do that, it is more
    of a relaxing sway from right to left with everystroke the motion kinda
    reminds me of skating.

    Robert

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  2. Rubix
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    May i suggest punctuation next time you do a write-up?

    Otherwise, nicely done. I may have to get one if I decide to do
    distance seriously. Sounds like a nice fast ride.

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    May i suggest punctuation next time you do a write-up?

    Otherwise, nicely done. I may have to get one if I decide to do
    distance seriously. Sounds like a nice fast ride.

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    May i suggest punctuation next time you do a write-up?

    Otherwise, nicely done. I may have to get one if I decide to do
    distance seriously. Sounds like a nice fast ride.

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    yet another 36" guni convert - yay!

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    yet another 36" guni convert - yay!

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    yet another 36" guni convert - yay!

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    Its funny how 17mph feels very fast on a regular 36er, but hardly feels
    fast at all on a v54! I had a similar experience last week riding
    around town.

    I passed one of those radar signs that show how fast cars are going. I
    was just putting around, but the radar showed that I was going 13mph (I
    felt like I was going 8mph). I went around the block, this time giving
    it a little juice, and the next pass I was going 18mph.

    I can't wait til the KH hub comes out so I can build a shiftable 36/54.

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    Its funny how 17mph feels very fast on a regular 36er, but hardly feels
    fast at all on a v54! I had a similar experience last week riding
    around town.

    I passed one of those radar signs that show how fast cars are going. I
    was just putting around, but the radar showed that I was going 13mph (I
    felt like I was going 8mph). I went around the block, this time giving
    it a little juice, and the next pass I was going 18mph.

    I can't wait til the KH hub comes out so I can build a shiftable 36/54.

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    Its funny how 17mph feels very fast on a regular 36er, but hardly feels
    fast at all on a v54! I had a similar experience last week riding
    around town.

    I passed one of those radar signs that show how fast cars are going. I
    was just putting around, but the radar showed that I was going 13mph (I
    felt like I was going 8mph). I went around the block, this time giving
    it a little juice, and the next pass I was going 18mph.

    I can't wait til the KH hub comes out so I can build a shiftable 36/54.

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    mscalisi said:

    I can't wait til the KH hub comes out so I can build a shiftable 36/54.

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    I can't wait til the KH hub comes out so I can build a shiftable 36/54.

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    I can't wait til the KH hub comes out so I can build a shiftable 36/54.

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    I almost forgot, when first shifting into geared mode and if I power
    down on the pedals the Nimbus frame will flex causing the rear frame
    tubes to barely rub the tire.

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    I almost forgot, when first shifting into geared mode and if I power
    down on the pedals the Nimbus frame will flex causing the rear frame
    tubes to barely rub the tire.

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    I almost forgot, when first shifting into geared mode and if I power
    down on the pedals the Nimbus frame will flex causing the rear frame
    tubes to barely rub the tire.

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    How does going down steep hills with no brake feel on a 36" guni in
    geared mode? I would think that the downhills would hurt your legs
    more since it would take more to control and slow down...but I guess
    that is where a brake comes in handy. I was descending a long 8 mile
    stretch of 7-8% gradient on my coker the other day with 150mm cranks
    and my legs were definitely feeling the strain of not having a brake.

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    I'm not sure it really takes more to slow down, especially if you have
    longer cranks. Maybe a little more effort.

    The thing I'm noticing is that fast isn't scary. OK, it is scary
    because you know a crash will suck!

    I did a ride this last Sunday with other riders, and blew past them on
    the downhills, including a Schlumpf 29er. It doesn't feel that fast
    because you're not spinning like mad. When my cadence starts to get
    high, I know I'm in trouble.

    I didn't have a cycle computer with me, but I'm guessing I was
    somewhere around 22 mph. I could easily have gone faster. Ungeared, I
    hit a brick wall around 18mph.

    siafirede said:

    How does going down steep hills with no brake feel on a 36" guni in
    geared mode? I would think that the downhills would hurt your legs
    more since it would take more to control and slow down...but I guess
    that is where a brake comes in handy. I was descending a long 8 mile
    stretch of 7-8% gradient on my coker the other day with 150mm cranks
    and my legs were definitely feeling the strain of not having a brake.

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    When my cadence starts to get high, I know I'm in trouble.

    Ditto

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    I did a ride this last Sunday with other riders, and blew past them on
    the downhills, including a Schlumpf 29er. It doesn't feel that fast
    because you're not spinning like mad. When my cadence starts to get
    high, I know I'm in trouble.

    I didn't have a cycle computer with me, but I'm guessing I was
    somewhere around 22 mph. I could easily have gone faster. Ungeared, I
    hit a brick wall around 18mph.

    Mike conveniently omits that *last* weekend, he had his ungeared 36 and
    I had the Schlumpf 29er and I was blowing past him on the downhills.

    Our RTL training is verifying my intuition on geared unicycles; the
    highest effective gear ratio is the fastest unicycle on flats and
    downhills. On uphills, it's more complicated, and also more
    rider-specific. On the Mount Diablo climb, I was faster on the
    Schlumpf 29er in 1:1 mode than any of the ungeared Coker riders, but
    it's not clear that's a generalizable result. (Personally, I think it
    is, but we'd need to do more testing).

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