Finally arrived/Out of box problems...

darchibald said:

* I haven't had a chance to get the spokes tightened yet, and could
here some creaking when hopping. *

A little creaking won't hurt anything. Get them tightened sometime in
the next couple of months, but don't put off riding because you think
you'll hurt your wheel. Ride it as much as you like.

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You can tighten the spokes by removing the tyre and getting to the other
end of the nipples with a screw driver. Well sometimes anyway, it
depends on the length of the spokes...they might push all the way
through the nipples. It's worth a look though.

Andrew

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cyberbellum,
That makes sense but I'd absolutely hate to hurt my wheel this early on.
I have been riding just nothing to big. Also I think i may have a friend
who has the right stuff for the job.

To elaborte on the "finally arrived" part. It came from Minnesota, so
across the boarder and over half the continent. It was about a week. It
ended costing more then it was supposed to but as my mom said, forget it
and learn from it, something like that.... It had a Torker seat with a
handle on it, (a suprise since they told me it had a viscount). It was
not like the usual Torker though, from what I see on the internet. It's
leather, has a lift handle, is all black and seems more like a Miyata
Knockoff then a KH knockoff. But I'm not complaining since I was
thinking I'd have to buy a KH seat later. Its so much fun to ride!

David

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You can tighten the spokes with an adjustable (aka crescent) wrench.
Summits have notoriously badly made wheels (poor spoke tennsion), but
it's easy to fix. Just go around the wheel and tighten each spoke
1/2-3/4 of a turn, giving more to those that are extra loose. Bring the
wrench with you on the ride and check spoke tension after a while. Some
of them should've come loose, in which you can then tighten them. I
carry a spoke wrench that fits all my unis on my rides, and I often
tension the spokes on my Onza in the middle or end of a ride. At moab
during a break on the trail Kris Holm started truing his wheel. When I
asked he said he trued an tensioned his spokes every ride. I think part
of why he's so careful is that he uses a break, though.

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gerblefranklin said:

*I carry a spoke wrench that fits all my unis on my rides*

He probably means this:

http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=432

It's a handy thing to purchase for not much $.

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darchibald said:

*Also I'm having trouble with the allen bolts. The seatpost twists
quite easily, and on thursday I had to tighten the bearing housings
almost every ten minutes. Anyone have any input on that?
*

A little Loctite threadlocker will keep the bearing housing bolts tight.
Blue (medium strength) or red (high strength) Loctite will work.

For the seatpost clamp, put some grease or anti-seize on the bolt
threads. That will allow you to tighten the bolts tighter and should
get it tight enough to stop the seatpost from slipping.

And when you get a chance, put some anti-seize on the crank splines and
on the threads of all the bolts on the cranks.

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