This may seem like a realy stupid question but "what is a COKER"? I been on this site for 2 weeks and read much about a coker. Is it a brand? or what makes it so different??
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Coker is the name of a tire company. They mostly make authentic looking tires for vintage cars. It happens that they make a 36 inch tire and it happens that some people like to use it for unicycles.
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But at the moment all Cokers have tires made by the Coker Tire company.
However, there are also what I would call pedigree Cokers, When Coker started selling unicycles based on their 36" tyre, they triggered something. Call it the Coker movement. Now there are various frame, wheel and seat options, only just still one tyre.
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*However, there are also what I would call pedigree Cokers.
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One such pedigree Coker, a GB4 36", with Dave Stockton wheel:
Very nice machine. I meant 'pedigree' the opposite way though, as in purely Coker in all of its parts.
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*OK 36 inch wheel. So ,if I read you correct, any uni with a 36" wheel, built by whoever, is a coker. *
At the moment there is only one source for 36" tires so your assumption is a little premature. If another company starts making 36" tires then it could go the way you suggest (e.g., many people still call copiers "xeroxes"😉, or the term Coker could be reserved for real Cokers.
But at the moment all Cokers have tires made by the Coker Tire company.
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* At the moment there is only one source for 36" tires so your assumption is a little premature. If another company starts making 36" tires then it could go the way you suggest (e.g., many people still call copiers "xeroxes"😉, or the term Coker could be reserved for real Cokers.
But at the moment all Cokers have tires made by the Coker Tire company. *
True but if I did put a different tire (if ever available) I would still call it a coker. It would be like "I'll go get my kenda.". That would be silly.
*True but if I did put a different tire (if ever available) I would still call it a coker. It would be like "I'll go get my kenda.". That would be silly. *
I don't know, it's true that the most common 36"s are still the stock "Coker" models, and it's true that any of the 36"s, even customs, still have the Coker tire. That said, there seems to be a bit of a trend to refer to the newer custom jobs as 36's, not just as Cokers. I like this trend, as it gives some credit to the folks doing the innovation. I love my GB4 36, with the great frame by George Barnes and U-Turn's invincible wheel. Likewise, I think the KH 36 and Hunter 36 deserve their formal names. They're definitely at least as much about the frame and wheel as they are the rubber.
*However, there are also what I would call pedigree Cokers. When Coker started selling unicycles based on their 36" tyre, they triggered something. Call it the Coker movement. Now there are various frame, wheel and seat options, only just still one tyre. *
One such pedigree Coker, a GB4 36", with Dave Stockton wheel:
Likewise, I think the KH 36 and Hunter 36 deserve their formal names.
There's a Kris Holm 36"?? If so, does anyone have a pic?
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Thank you all for the information. By the time I become profecient at ridng this thing I may even learn the langurage associated with uni riding. No coker for me at this point in time.😎
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