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    unidunc
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    I did a wee search and couldnt find much about this, I could be wrong
    and if i am I dont really care anyway.

    In this thread I would like to see everything people do to their unis
    to make them look cool for as little money as possible.

    Il start with a little fun I had with a valve cap 🙂

    THE LEGO MAN VALVE CAP

    All I did here was grab one old lego man, one valve cap, a drill bit
    the size of a valve cap and some glue. ( I dont have pictures of the
    process because I did it ages ago, besides its kind of self
    explanaory)

    The result was this:

    26056

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    The legs fell off and he's missing a hand but you get the idea 🙂 it
    could easily be improved but that was just a quickie.

    Sooo everyone post your cheap Uni customizations!

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    Hey dude. how much do you want to bet i can ride a cycle no handed
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  2. SqueakyOnion
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    The LEGO man valve cap is quite possibly one of the best ideas I've seen
    in a long time. I commend you. I have neither my LEGOs or a power drill
    at my house in Texas, but I'll definitely be borrowing your idea this
    summer, as both are at my parents' house in PA.

    Awesome.

    😎 😄

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    blew.

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  3. saskatchewanian
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    My customizations are more for improved function instead of looks. My
    most heavily moded uni is my 36er. It has posilished sidewalls on the
    airfoil, tread cut into the otherwise smooth TA, a custom carved
    saddle, a custom handle built out of a road bike and a T7, I managed to
    get pedal reflectors from a different set of pedals on my snafus and
    reflective tape on the front, back and rim for visibility.

    OK maybe my MUni is more heavily moded but it is more a combination of
    off the shelf parts than modified stock parts.

    The only thing stock left on my MUni is my Yuni frame and odesy single
    bolt clamp. It now sports a Nimbus CroMo seatpost, KH fusion Freeride
    saddle with doubled stiffener plates, Nimbus ISIS hub, Echo 160mm mod
    cranks, Echo 47mm drilled rim (in 36 hole, ordered from the factory,
    probably the sweetest 26" rim you can get if you don't want a marge)
    all laced 4X with DT spokes, snafu pedals, and some blaze orange duct
    tape on the frame for some flair.

    My "yellow 20" started out as just a frame I got from Evan Byrne and
    now sports my old cotterless trials wheel laced in a single leading
    single trailing, double leading double trailing spoke pattern and
    sports a shaved Luna and a seat built up from random parts with a
    schwinn base.

    I had my no-name trials set up with a try-all rim and have a new Monty
    Eagle claw for it but I need a new hub and cranks, It is disassembled
    right now but has a custom cut seat foam with a new KH fusion cover.

    Every time I post one of these posts describing my unis I wish I had a
    camera.

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  4. surfer1024
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    I'm gonna do that! I just gotta choose which lego guy to do though (I
    have about a 1000 choices)

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  5. adjuggler
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    surfer1024 said:

    I'm gonna do that! I just gotta choose which lego guy to do though (I
    have about a 1000 choices)

    I'd go with C3P0 because he is always yelling when something exciting
    happens in the movies... "ahhhhhhh.... what is the meaning of this!"

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  6. Hazmat
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    adjuggler said:

    I'd go with C3P0 because he is always yelling when something exciting
    happens in the movies... "ahhhhhhh.... what is the meaning of this!"

    Actually why not a starwars lego figurine in general and 'add a blue
    and white version of this to your tyre.'
    (http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=673) :eek:

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    CYPRIOT AUSTRALIAN WHO
    IS DESTINED TO BE DIFFERENT AND I WON'T STOP TILL I AM.

    catinabag1 said:

    we should provide the defibrilator
    tpbm want some ice cream with smarties while they power up!

    😄 'Can't wait till this game is finally released.'
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