Coker Rims

Having extensive experience with both, I can answer fairly.

If you can afford the airfoil rim (although I think they are sold out
and the machine broken, I think I saw in another post) and intend to get
into MUni, or Rolling Trials, or are heavy (maybe you have heavy friends
that you want want to let them try), you will appreciate it's
strength.

The stock on is steel, it's weaker, it can rust, and you can fold the
rim over much easier. The rim will teach you to ride with finesse, I
was able to fly through rough technical trails for a whole year putting
way more use than the average rider, I garuntee that.

I think I am such a strong coker rider because of the skills I needed to
develope to push the coker to it's limits (and almost beyond)

I have only used brakes with the airfoil, but 'they' say the stock rim
wobbles too much for an effective brake. I think it would be less than
ideal, but certainly not ineffective (no need for too much brake power
on a uni anyways)

So get the airfoil if you can, but don't think the Coker will crumble
under you immediately (although keep that in the back of your mind at
all times once you start riding hard)

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I've had my coker for about 8 months and have really enjoyed it. I
ordered it from unicycle(dot)com with the KH seat and standard rim. The
rim is not perfect. There are some rim/side wall variations large
enough that I would not consider installing brakes. The rim
imperfections are small enough that I do not notice them at all when
riding.

Of my two unicycles neither of them have brakes and I have no personal
experience with brakes so my opinion is rather limited. However, I have
really enjoyed riding in Logan, Utah where it is impossible to find a
stretch of road without any hills.

Jim F.

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i myself do not have a coker but my close friend does ive ridden it
before and after he upgraded to airfoil i couldnt feel much of a
difference but a the airfoil looked alot cooler and his old rim/wheelset
was beginning to deteriorate(spelling) so if u have the money and want
it to last longer i would go 4 the airfoil.
PS we had alot of trouble managing to get the tire onto the airfoil rim
4 some reason we bent a few tire leavers.

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Thanks. Does has anyone tested the strength of the stock rim with the
stock hub, compared to the stock rim with the unicycle.com WIDE hub? And
does anyone know when the airfoil rim maker machine will be up and
running again?

-Lee

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the stock rim is featured 'here ' (http://tinyurl.com/6wae7) (it
spring back to shape before it hit the ground, and i road eit out of the
woods. has the stonck rim/hub

there is a scene of the airfoil rim/wider hub in the trailer link in my
sig

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wow ,,, I have never seen a rim do that before!

Sprang back to shape like a rubberband !

That can't be good thou. Such stretch of metal like that fatigues it's
properties.

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I knew the standard rim flexed, but Brian's video is amazing. Glad I
upgraded to the Airfoil last summer. Hopefully attached a picture from
Brian's video below to prove an 18Mb download is worth it.

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DigitalDave said:

*wow ,,, I have never seen a rim do that before!

Sprang back to shape like a rubberband !

That can't be good thou. Such stretch of metal like that fatigues
it's properties. *

Had my weight been on it more when it hit, i would have bent it quite
easily.

I barely had to spend any time truing it (but really, it hadn't been
trued in a month or so, so most of it was probably pre-taco)

I rode it for months after that, including the 24 hour race that I
decided it was time to get an airfoil...and make a UW36 before I ruined
the rim completely

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burnitalltwice said:

*PS we had alot of trouble managing to get the tire onto the airfoil
rim 4 some reason we bent a few tire leavers. *

Yes, it can be very difficult to get a tire on the Airfoil rim. The
first time I tired I couldn't do it. I broke a good plastic tire lever
and still couldn't get it on the rim. I ended up taking the wheel to a
bike shop, with a look of absolute frustration on my face, and getting
help from one of the mechanics to finally get the tire on. I just
couldn't do it by myself.

But there is hope. Check this thread for the lowdown: 'Easy Coker
Airfoil tire change' (http://tinyurl.com/6rqtk). The secret is in the
rim strip and using a toe strap as a third pair of hands. Rox
Ultralight Rim Strips rock.

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Go to a bike that sells DH mountain Bikes. Ask them for DH tire levers.
The Park tool ones (bike tool insdustry standard, and well worth it)
are about $15 cdn each. or so. They are metal, and much longer. They
work perfectly.

I bout two (for around $20-30cdn) and prmoptly lost one.

I have been using one all along, but two would be better.

It goes on and off like a dream, and worth every penney

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