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Today my dad went into a local bike shop (bobs bicycle shop) and looked
around, and noticed a 24" sun on the wall and said to "Bob", my son
broke one of those after a week. He was amazed, and pointed to my dad a
stronger one and said "he probably wouldnt break this one." It was a
brand new Summit. My dad came home and said "George, have you ever heard
of the brand Summit?" I was really shocked that a little bike store like
this would ever have a good unicycle. I dont know now if I want to by
his $300 summit or a $425 Bedford. Any comments or suggestions?

edit: my dad just told me the frame was black. i have never seen a black
one, but that would be cool. He described it as a "real fat" tire and a
flat crown.


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update, i went in to the bike shop today, and rode the summit. it was
actually orange, just like every other one. my dad must have just
glanced at it. It had the viscount seat which sucks. the guy said he
could easily drop the price to $275 but thats still too much. im going
to go back and say 275+ they have to add the KH seat to it. any
suggestions?


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Before you get too demanding, maybe you should consider how much it
might be costing them. Who knows, maybe they can't buy them for as
cheap as unicycle.com. He might be doing you a really good deal as it
is (given how much he might be paying for it). I'm not saying that you
should buy it just because he might be being generous, but maybe ease
off with the haggling and appreciate what he's trying to do? I don't
mean to intrude, etc it's just that I used to work at a bike shop and
I've noticed that some bike shop owners aren't always appreciated when
they really are trying to help someone out.

I just re-read your post and noticed that he said he could 'easily' drop
the price to $275 so maybe what I just said is completely
irrelevant...just something to think about though.

Enjoy whichever unicycle you end up buying. :)

Andrew


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Well I'm debating over buying a Bedford trials, ($455 after shipping)
and the summit ($275 plus having to have to buy a 50 dollar KH seat) Is
it worth spending the extra money get the lighter frame (nimbus II)


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Summit rocks and is virtually bullet proof. Though I am sure in time
you will break it. Summit is virtually the KH20 that you see on uni.com
and there are no more and won't be anymore. I would say you are
getting a good price at $275. See if he will put a KH seat on it for an
even $300. That would be win/win seeing he probably will ge a better
price on the KH seat than you would.


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