5 inches forever!

whats a 700c?

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I have tried 150, 125 and 110. I prefer 125. On 110 I can go
slightly faster but I like to keep the speed down to where I
can run out, and for that 125's are enough. And I like the
additional control of the 125's over the 110's.

BTW, suggestive thread title in more than one way.

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700c is 28 or 29 inch depending on the tire. 700c is just
the rim size.

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north said:

*whats a 700c? *

That's the the size of your typical road bike wheel with the
really skinny tires

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Whats with all the standard stuff 5"

I would probably say for most general riding 125's are
ideal on a 700c wheel. Although my opinion is void becasue
I dont own one.

Please though stick to metric on crank lenghts and all
arround unicycle talk. I dont need for anyone making more
stuff with standard bolts I have a hard enough time with
profile doing it....

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north said:

*whats a 700c? *

Annoying answer: It's four characters you can type into
Google or similar.

Slightly less annoying answer: Possibly the most common
bicycle rim size in the world.

I still need to get one so I can answer the original
question. Since I will use mine for racing, I will probably
go for something shorter than 125mm (5"😉. But I may also use
it for the 24 Hours of Adrenaline, for which I will probably
use 150mm.

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John, you could always...

***REFORGE A SCHWINN FRAME***

like I did to make your own 700c unicycle! Cheaper, and more
UNIque than the ho-hum store-bought versions...

I'll have pics sometime. I don't have a digital camera
(because I used to think that they were evil)

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I can't vote, you don't have 110's (4 1/2"😉

I tried 102's with a 28 tire and found them too squirly,
especially down hills, and when fatigued too hard to stay
on top of.

I switched to 125's and they felt huge. Very comfortable
though. I also switched to a 29er tire.

I finally got a pair of BE 110's, I took them out for an 8
mile road ride last Sunday on a route that had a large
variety of grades and about
3/4 mile of gravel path. I had to be more carefull down
hill than on the 125's but found them very good for all-
around riding.

They are harder to idle on than 125's.

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I will vote in the coming weeks. I just ordered 127mm cranks
for my 29er today. Someone who will be riding a 29er in the
LBI Unithon told me he uses 110mm cranks and I'm hoping to
work my way down so I can dream of keeping up.

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I like 125's (5"😉 as well, I've ridden many miles with them.

I tried 110's for a week or two and found them too short,
had a bad fall with them and then went back to 125's. If I
lived somewhere with a lot less hills I could be tempted to
go shorter, but, for Sheffield, 110's are not good.

Only had a very brief go with 150's and they felt too long-
they're great on my muni but for the 700c I wanted the extra
speed and small pedaling circle.

The 700c with a fat tyre (ie 29-er) and 5" cranks is an
awsome machine.

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I use 125's on my 700c (skinny road tire, not fat 29er).
I've never tried anything smaller, but the 125's seem to be
enough of a challenge on some of these Virginia hills. I'd
still like a pair of those Tour de Force carbon fiber
adjustable cranks. Nathan Hoover's showed wear after some
small muni drops, but my uni's made for road only anyway so
there probably wouldn't be as much pressure on them. I think
they adjust from 110 to 150. I'm training about 10 miles a
day now for the MS 150 Bike Tour in June. It'd be nice if I
could get a pair before then.

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I use 125mm cranks on my 29er most of the time...i tried
110's for a while, and really like the smooth feel, but
never could get comfortable with them on the downhills. I
did put a set of 140's on it for a short time, and that
gives lots of control on easy trails and x/c, but most of my
riding is on the roads, and the 125's seem to be just about
right. It's mostly just a matter of personal preference and
the terrain you'll be riding on.

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I use my 700c mainly for roads and flattish tracks, with
occasional light cross country. I bought it with 110s, and
after a brief experiment with 125s, went back to 110s.

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Sorry about the thread title. I tried to change it with an
edit (as you can tell by the real poll title, but the name
just stuck.

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hopeful said:

*John, you could always...

***REFORGE A SCHWINN FRAME****

No thanks, Hopeful. If I wanted a heavy-ass, flexi thing
that would be easy to arrange from parts I have laying
around. But for racing especially, you want a rigid frame
that responds to all input (or lack thereof) into the seat
and pedals. A cheap and boring Yuni frame (or similar) will
weigh a lot less than the Schwinn equivalent (before
lengthening), and perform quite a bit better.

But I don't know what size cranks yet...

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hm. as i've never known anyone with a yuni frame, i've never
gotten to try it. i think my entire schwinn setup (from seat
to wheel weighs 14 pounds.)

agreed, i'm not marvelling in it's lightness, but the
rotational mass is much less now that i've built a new wheel
with a sun alloy double-wall rim instead of the old raleigh
england 700c steel rim i was using.

so perhaps I am looking to get schooled at UNICON this year
by racers that have lighter, newer frames, but I am just
happy to be riding a 700c that i designed and built with my
own 2 hands.

perhaps I will get laughed at and mocked for it's 2.5 tone
black and white paintjob, and for the fact that it's not
the *hottest ride out there* but that's not what it's
about for me.

For me, unicycling is a religion. Unicycling, as one of my
friends put it so well is "finding that magic balance that
makes flying possible, or at least falling less probable"
and maybe I'm not a world-class rider. maybe i don't deserve
to go to UNICON, but someone has to come in last, and if
it's me, then I'm just happy that nobody else had to do it.

But I'll sure as heck be the only 700c racer from Charlotte,
NC that trains on the city streets by racing the bike
messengers while dodging pedestrians, hot dog vendors,
skateboarders, dogs, and almost getting hit by cars while
wearing my cycling shorts, helmet, and bike shoes on
my...

self-designed reforged handbuilt 1976 schwinn frame with a
wheel i built myself and 5" cranks ending with toeclipped
pedals and straps

btw, i don't find it flexy at all.

(I'm not ranting at you, John, I'm just ranting because I'm
still trying to get over circus school auditions... Not only
did I go there and get totally amazed by the other
applicants and current students , but I also took that
opportunity to make a fool out of myself for thinking that I
might even have a chance to go to that school. ever. heh.
not after seeing people do standing back layouts for part of
their auditions.)

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hopeful said:

*so perhaps I am looking to get schooled at UNICON this
year by racers that have lighter, newer frames, but I am
just happy to be riding a 700c that i designed and built
with my own 2 hands.*

Building your own is a great learning experience. I built my
own first dedicated MUni from a Schwinn frame, but I didn't
lengthen it, which caused the tire to rub whenever you
pedaled hard. This taught me what to look for and what to
avoid in future designs.

When it comes to racing, it really doesn't matter what
you're on. It's the "engine" that separates the fast from
the slow, and the equipment is a very minor factor. I've
been on a custom, lightweight, purpose-built track machine
and been beaten by a double-spoked Schwinn with a very heavy
wheel. It's all in the engine.

Quoted message said:

*...maybe I'm not a world-class rider. maybe i don't
deserve to go to UNICON, but someone has to come in last,
and if it's me, then I'm just happy that nobody else had
to do it.*

UNICON is for everyone. The CON means convention and the
competitions are only supposed to be part of it. All are
welcome. I look forward to meeting a rider from Charlotte,
the "other" city I had to choose from when moving out to
Sacramento.

I'm still waiting for my own 29er to arrive. Probably barely
in time to set it up before driving down to Laguna Seca.
I'll have to figure out optimum crank length on my practice
riding of the course! I think I'll start with 140s, but
seeing the course will help.

Yesterday I went on a 10 mile Coker ride with 170s. It was
great on the flats and downhills (shorter cranks are scary
on the downhills), but it still sucked on the uphills. But
maybe that's just the nature of uphills? If I'm used to
riding up the same hill with 170s on a 26" MUni, of course
it's going to feel hard. But the speed is much higher on the
easier sections...

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UniBrier said:

*I can't vote, you don't have 110's (4 1/2"😉

*

I believe 110s are 4.33".

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