36ers questions

littleman said:

I've been looking into getting a 36er from watching Terrys awesome
videos. But I have no knowledge about them. I'm only a kid with a
minimum wage job so it needs to be cheap(I'll upgrade later) I was
looking at the 360 radial but I'm afraid it will fall apart on me and
won't last as long. Does anyone have this uni that could give a review?
Or should I get a nimbus or Big One? I saw the new uni thats coming
from coker, it looks sick, but I'm sure its going to be like 600 bucks.
I also had a question about handles, and how they work. Do you lean on
them, or what? And how does it improve comfort? Thanks Joe.

Hey thanks for the compliment littleman...sorry I don't know your name.
Well, my 36er is the radial 360, but it does have the better double
walled aluminum rim, which for me is necessary for doing what I do on
it haha. Anyway, I think there's a basic coker in trading post for only
$200, and apparently it's in good condition.
It does have the older steel rim I believe.

As for the new coker, I would recommend either, but I personally prefer
the lighter Alum. frame "Big One". It too has the alum rim, and seems
like a good, strong 36er. If you have any other questions, feel free to
ask!😄

Btw, where in SoCal do you live?

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So I don't know why I would post after him, I just like to type I
guess.🙂

I have the cheapest radial 360, steel rim and plain spokes etc. I
think it is just fine for street riding in my level town. I weigh about
190 now (gotta get back on that diet!). Anyway, the 340$ ish radial
seems to be in about the same shape as when I bought it maybe 1000
miles ago. The TA tire wears really well. It is by no means a piece of
junk.

If I was gonna buy a 36 now, I would get one of the new Cokers. I
like both of them, I'm not so sure anyone knows which is best yet.
IMHO, the extra 100$ buys a lot of extra value.

It may be a while yet before we can read any good reviews on them, but
for 440 $, that's a lot of upgraded parts. A round of applause for
Coker !🙂

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Well thats good to hear most of you are riding with 360 radials. Because
I don't have enough money for anything else. I saw the coker in the
trading post but he doesn't wan't to ship it, and I'd have to pick it
up at muni weekend. Thats like a 9 hour drive and I don't drive. I live
down in temecula its about an hour drive to oc uni club. I saw you were
there a weekend back and I wish I would of know or else I would made
the effort to get a ride there. Thanks Joe.

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littleman said:

Well thats good to hear most of you are riding with 360 radials. Because
I don't have enough money for anything else. I saw the coker in the
trading post but he doesn't wan't to ship it, and I'd have to pick it
up at muni weekend. Thats like a 9 hour drive and I don't drive. I live
down in temecula its about an hour drive to *oc *uni club. I saw you
were there a weekend back and I wish I would of know or else I would
made the effort to get a ride there. Thanks Joe.

Hey Joe, an hour drive isn't too bad! It's about the same for me. The OC
club almost always posts in rsu for upcoming rides, but the next time
they schedule one, I'll let you know so maybe you can join us!😄

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MuniAddict said:

As for the new coker, I would recommend either, but I personally prefer
the lighter Alum. frame "Big One". It too has the alum rim, and seems
like a good, strong 36er.

How can you recommend them, if you've never ridden or even seen one in
person?

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onelesscar said:

How can you recommend them, if you've never ridden or even seen one in
person?

First of all Tod, how do you know if I've "never ridden or seen one in
person?" In any event, people "recommend" lots of things, like "getting
to know God", but have never seen God or Jesus in person. Sometimes you
go on faith. 🙄 Plus, I owned the earlier coker version and was
very pleased with it, (but like the UDC *standard* radial version, I
wanted a stronger rim) also had numerous email and phone communications
with the owner's son.

It's pretty decent price too for the standard coker with aluminum
double walled rime, aluminum frame, 25.4mm seat post and what appears
to be a decent saddle. YES, I RECOMMEND IT! 🙂

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onelesscar said:

How can you recommend them, if you've never ridden or even seen one in
person?

Just to [censored] you off.🙄😉

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Hmm...that's an interesting reply...I would think you would say
something more like:

Quoted message said:

First of all, how do you know if I've "never ridden or seen one in
person?" In any event, people "recommend" lots of things, like "getting
to know God", but have never seen God or Jesus in person. Sometimes you
go on faith. Plus, I owned the earlier coker version and was very
pleased with it, (but like the UDC radial version, I wanted a stronger
rim).

It's pretty decent price too for the standard coker with aluminum
double walled rime, aluminum frame, 25.4mm seat post and what appears
to be a decent saddle. YES, I RECOMMEND IT!

And then I would throw in something about how talking to the owners
somehow makes better products 🙄

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onelesscar said:

Hmm...that's an interesting reply...I would think you would say
something more like:

And then I would throw in something about how talking to the owners
somehow makes better products 🙄

Thanks for posting that! I had accidentally deleted it thanks!!!!
(Actually I was waiting for your response to post that reply, so I
saved it to my "clipboard, but lost it when I cut & pasted something
else!) But I like to do my research and talking to the owner, asking
specific questions, having owned their previous models and the fact
that they tell me that they will stand behind their products 100% gives
me the confindence to say, hells yeah, go for it! The price for the
aliuminum frame version is far less than the nimbus w/alum rim from
UDC, so there's another reason; save $$$.

Oh, btw, I'm ordering one next week! (On *your* recommendation right?)
That way I don't have to conitually switch cranks, saddles, remove the
T7 and all that hassle! I'll have one for Distance/communting, and one
specifially for Muni! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

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MuniAddict said:

Oh, btw, I'm ordering one next week! (On *your* recommendation right?)
That way I don't have to conitually switch cranks, saddles, remove the
T7 and all that hassle! I'll have one for Distance/communting, and one
specifially for Muni! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

Are you implying that the new coker will be available for purchase next
week?

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oddsends said:

Are you implying that the new coker will be available for purchase next
week?

Haha, good point. "-Pre orders begin 10/22/07-", according to the last
email from coker cycles. What I -will- do is call them tomorrow to ask
if they can either "reserve" one for me or let me pay for one in
advance.😄

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MuniAddict said:

Haha, good point. "-Pre orders begin 10/22/07-", according to the last
email from coker cycles. What I -will- do is call them tomorrow to ask
if they can either "reserve" one for me or let me pay for one in
advance.😄

I take it that you think that they will sell out rather quickly? I'd
think that they are taking the extra time to stock up and build up
inventory so as not to immediately sell out (at least that's what I
would hope).

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oddsends said:

I take it that you think that they will sell out rather quickly? I'd
think that they are taking the extra time to stock up and build up
inventory so as not to immediately sell out (at least that's what I
would hope).

Well, I don't know how many ppl are chomping at the bit to *actually*
buy one, at least immediately. If they have only 50 on hand at the
start that's probably way more than they'll need for pre-orders.

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I think the email says that the first 250 preorders gets a free
cokercycles t shirt. Cool!

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And which one did you go for? Hopefully they will update the site and
say what pre order means. You know, how long before they will ship it?

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lpounds said:

I think the email says that the first 250 preorders gets a free
cokercycles t shirt. Cool!

:eek: What couldn't i get a T-Shirt. :eek:

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