My Ebay special uni!

Hi Patsandy, welcome to the forums.
Congratulations on learning how to ride.

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Thanks 🙂 ONe les of them LOL, intresting :P What do you try to do after
you get hopping? i cant go backwards or idle but i can go all over the
place and hop :P

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Welcome Patsandy. 🙂

I'm quite a newbie myself, can't idle nor riding backwards very well
either. I use my unicycle as transportation and therefor try to learn
"useful" skills. Rolling hop, for example, is quite nice when hopping
up curbs.

'Unicycletips' (http://www.unicycletips.com/), among many other sites,
has a collection of skills you might want to learn.

I haven't tried many trial unis, but personally I like the Nimbus ISIS
with upgraded cranks.

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Well upgraded cranks means nothing to me sorry i don't really understand
what you upgrae there just pieces of steel :P I have never used any
other unicycle then my current one 🙁 I can jump up guttars on roads
and things i can hop when idle and when moving sorry for not saying
that either. I love riding my uni everywhere :P

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Basically get other cranks, for example the Kris Holm moment cranks. As
far as I've heard, it's quite easy to bend/break the standard cranks on
the Nimbus.

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The cranks are what your pedals are attached to.

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a unicycle in order to mingle with us, steel one of us and rape us in a
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for your trials uni, when you get one, i would either go with nimbus
with khaki cranks, quax trial, quax cross, or a Kris Holm. the quax
trial is the strongest of them all, then nimbus/kh, then the cross

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The 'nimbus ISIS trials' (http://tinyurl.com/2zw5ol) is the best option
for you, and everyone wanting to get into trials. It's the best
compromise between strongest and cheapest (the cranks are the only
thing that's weaker on the nimbus, and after that the little extra
weight in the nimbus does not really matter).
'
It actually looks like this'
(http://unicycle.uk.com/Images/Shop/nimbustrialsISIS.jpg), they have
the wrong picture on your UDC, and with upgrades it could look like
'this' (http://tinyurl.com/5rbqdu).

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Kieron said:

I tell u wat they would have to be a very commited pedo to learn to ride
a unicycle in order to mingle with us, steel one of us and rape us in a
bush.

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patsandy100 said:

What do you try to do after you get hopping?

I'd find a place where you can practice jumping on things, like park
tables. This way you'll get better at jumping and tricks. Once you've
mastered a park bench or two, you can move up to bigger and better
things to jump off/onto.

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Well once i get my new uni i will start that kind of thing at the moment
my ebay uni could die from just dropping from 15inchs :P I guess when i
can efford it i will get the Nimbus. Does anyone know a place i can get
custom uni parts ? I am in Australia so perferably somwhere that will
send to Australia or is in Australia. www.unicycle.au.com sells custom
parts but not many and there exspensive :P
Thanks everyone 🙂

Pat

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Jumping off tables seems pretty hard will a nimbus survive that?

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patsandy100 said:

Jumping off tables seems pretty hard will a nimbus survive that?

Providing it's ISIS, yes - the nimbus and all top of the line trials
unis (ie KH Koxx Qu ax Nimbus...with splined hubs) should hold up to
much more than that (double or more height).

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jamessd said:

Providing it's ISIS, yes - the nimbus and all top of the line trials
unis (ie KH Koxx Qu ax Nimbus...with splined hubs) should hold up to
much more than that (double or more height).

Ok thanks, I just broke my ebay special AGAIN, got it fixed today, just
so happens the same day i brake a crank and the peddle connected to it.
Seems like i am going to need that Nimbus much sooner than i exspected.
The only thing on my mind is that will it be worth getting a nimbus or
should i just save and get a knoxx or a KH. I don't really know so any
suggestions 🙂 I have been told the nimbus with upgraded cranks is good
and its cheap so i am looking in that direction but is that really what
i should buy?

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sorry for double post.

Anyway I am looking at the only unicycle (australia) site i know where
i can buy. Here is my option i dont want to spend over 400 dolalrs but
if its worth it ok.

Nimbus ISIS Trials 20 http://tinyurl.com/2zw5ol

Qu-Ax Cross ISIS 20 with a red hub
http://tinyurl.com/28hfkp

If it is really neccesary i can get
Qu-Ax 20
http://tinyurl.com/2obx5d

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I was kinda in the same position as you
I bought a ebay 24" and the seat broke (you gotta go easy on them) and
the people sent me a new seat for free 🙂 but i knew i'd need i new
uni
I tried to buy the nimbus, but UDC got 3 orders in one day and only had
2 unis
So they offered me the next one up, the quax with the red hub
After doing some research, i got the impression that the nimbus was
better:eek:
So then i asked for the next quax up😄 the one with the yellow hub and
got it for the price of the Nimbus😄
This is a fantastic unicycle in my opinion and very versatile, i use it
for trials, street and muni. Its great uni if you dont have quite
enough for a KH.
And as for the lack of unicyclists, when you get your new trials uni,
lend your ebay one to a friend, then when he buys his own lend it to
another friend.
This is how i got into unicycling, trying out my friends dads uni and
got 4 or 5 other friends to ride and buy their own, by riding mine.
I ride in Galston, Sydney btw
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Soz for the double post
Is it just me or does anyone feel a "Hazmat Welcome" coming on
:eek: 😕

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samsta002 said:

I was kinda in the same position as you
I bought a ebay 24" and the seat broke (you gotta go easy on them) and
the people sent me a new seat for free 🙂 but i knew i'd need i new
uni
I tried to buy the nimbus, but UDC got 3 orders in one day and only had
2 unis
So they offered me the next one up, the quax with the red hub
After doing some research, i got the impression that the nimbus was
better:eek:
So then i asked for the next quax up😄 the one with the yellow hub and
got it for the price of the Nimbus😄
This is a fantastic unicycle in my opinion and very versatile, i use it
for trials, street and muni. Its great uni if you dont have quite
enough for a KH.
And as for the lack of unicyclists, when you get your new trials uni,
lend your ebay one to a friend, then when he buys his own lend it to
another friend.
This is how i got into unicycling, trying out my friends dads uni and
got 4 or 5 other friends to ride and buy their own, by riding mine.
I ride in Galston, Sydney btw
Sam

Thanks Sam, I guess ill just get the nimbus, do you know any other
place apart from the unicycle.au.com thats sells uni's or uni parts?
cause they could charge whatever they want i wouldn't know any better
:P

Thanks
pat

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ummm
I rang around a lot and heaps of bike shops have alright quality
learners..
My friend managed to get a trials for $250 i think? at Kuringai Cycles
although about 4-5 months later this uni is creaking and showing some
bad signs
I think there could be a place in Frenches Forest that imports
unicycles?
Something in the back of my mine says they import koxx but dont quote
that in your sig😉

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lol ok, Anyone else got anything to add? or should i buy this Nimbus uni
:P Gotta save up first unfortunately :P

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