Best freestyle uni?

A Kh24?

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???????????

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Mine is the best. Why? Because it's mine. :p

Here are the specs:
chrome Nimbus X long neck frame
Torker LX seat with a green Miyata cover to replace the original ripped
one
Torker stock seatpost
Torker stock seat clamp
UDC hub laced with 48 spokes to double walled alloy rim
green Primo The Wall 2.1x20 tire
125mm cranks
plastic "bmx style" pedals

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that sounds like a nice uni. could u post a pic? but has anyone tried
the Koxx freestyle?

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Haven't ridden one but the crown on the koxx looks uncomfortable for
stand up tricks. The sem long neck frame looks the best, the crown is
flat and has little tire clearance (its a good thing).

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James_Potter said:

I think we could just apply the same cure we use for bread, to humans.
just scrape off the cancer with a butter knife, then put jelly on it,
and eat it...mmmmmm

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Why?

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Koxx frames are the best for stand-up tricks, they have low tire
clearance and they're comfortable to stand on.

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I think to that the frame is very bad for freestyle tricks. But at the
GMTW Yoggi had a new K1 freestyle prototype, which looks realy cool. I
think you can buy it in a few month.

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i like the pink lady uni

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i havent had much experience with freestyle unis but i rode julian
monney's koxx freestyle at UNInats last year and it was nicer than my
sister's numbus x. I liked the crown on julian's uni but i think it was
different to the current koxx frames. it may have been a proto or
something.

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I thought Jullien had a DM frame with Koxx cranks and a modified seat
but I haven't seen what he's riding recently

jim

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I ride the Koxx freestyle and I think it´s good for stand up tricks, if
you didn´t wear chucks.

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yea, the pink lady looks awes
ome...

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wait didn't work lol

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Surely there is some degree of personal preference in what makes a
"good" Freestyle uni. For me, one of the requirements has to be
strength over weight. In other words, I'd rather have a heavy cycle
that won't break than a light, weak one. This matters in direct
proportion to how far you travel to perform on it, especially if
there's a paycheck involved.

My Wyganowski 20" with custom-length frame and 48-spoke wheel is great
for me. I actually find the tire/frame clearance to be a little too
tight. That's because I learned a lot of my stuff on a 20" wheel with a
24" frame. That's how Miyata made them back in the 80s.

Here are a few criteria I find important in a high-end Freestyle uni:
- Very strong wheel, so it can take the side forces of various tricks
- Generally strong; the ability to take a lot of punishment
- Pedals that won't be unfriendly to floors
- No clamps in mid-frame (I'm amazed I don't have scars from my old
Miyatas)
- No handle on the seat
- Flat fork crown (see below)

I left out the specifics on the fork crown, because different people
like different things. Wider is generally better, but can get in the
way for other things. Sloped is generally worser, especially for
stand-up skills. A texture or other form of traction is always a plus.

Based on all of that, those Koxxes look pretty good, though I haven't
seen one up close. Also of Julien Monney actually uses one, that's a
pretty good endorsement as well! The DM he used to (or still does) use
was not the standard frame. His was horizontal across the top, with
square corners.

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johnfoss said:

No handle on the seat

What is the advantage of not having a handle?

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phlegm said:

What is the advantage of not having a handle?

Not having it be in the way for unispins & things.

Like other things, this is personal preference. I find that for
Freestyle, a seat handle gets in the way more than it helps. But if
your riding style is different you might consider it either not a
problem, or even essential! Part of my point of view is based on
learning most of my Freestyle before seat handles came along. We just
had the front bumper, which could still be used as a handle, but
nothing sticking out.

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what about the nimbus x. that looks like a pretty sweet freestyle
unicycle.

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I would say the Nimbus II frame style sucks pretty much for Freestyle,
especially on stand-up tricks. Therefor you have to place your feet on
the frame and you have to have a comfortable stand. Another reason
against such frames is to place your feet near the neck of the frame,
because the control of the uni is much better if at least one foot has
contact with the neck. So, the Nimbus II frames are uneven and that
makes it much more difficult for stand-up tricks. People with chucks,
and i'm using chucks for freestyle as well, have more problems on this
underground. But with chucks you have the best control of your
unicycle.
Another reason for a good freestyle uni is a longneck frame. Anyway the
seatclamp will be in the way when doing drag seat and pick up the seat.
Also suitable is a frame with less distance between tyre and frame,
because the foot can stand on the frame more relaxed on stand-up
tricks, anyway it would hurt the ankle sometime.

What about the seat handle. I'm riding on a Vitelli seat and have no
problems with the handle in front. Some riders in our club have
problems with the handle and cut it off. This setup is very subjective
and everybody has to find it out on his own.

So, Freestyle is all about elegance and relaxed easy-looking riding,
like ice-skating crank size is very important on that topic. But also
very subjective. I'm riding 102mm cranks on my freestyle, but in the
opinion of other freestylers, this length counts to the longer crank
size. Japanese riders ride with really short cranks (80?). Well, great
japanese freestyle videos are available at www.unicycle.tv check it out
to see freestyle in perfection.

What else, enough i've said 😉

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