Coker VS 36" Qu-Ax

Both tyres are pneumatic! On the side wall of the Coker tyre it says:
COKER, on the side wall of the other it says: WHEEL TA. Very
informative.

The tyres are of equal size but whereas the Coker tyre has a round dots
pattern the other has parallell grooves.

Check what you get on the bargain - hub, seat, cranks and compare the
two.

I would by the parts separately; spokes, tyre, frame, hub et cetera and
include the aluminium airfoil rim and build it all together. Then you
will have an optimal 36-incher right from the start. It is not optimal
selling a 300 bucks unicycle with a steel rim, at least not for the
customer ...

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I didn't know anyone except the Coker Tire Company made a 36 inch tyre.
I missed a lot over the few months I was out of the forum. Anyone care
to elaborate for me?
Thanks
Mike

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Mikefule said:

*I didn't know anyone except the Coker Tire Company made a 36 inch
tyre. I missed a lot over the few months I was out of the forum.
Anyone care to elaborate for me?
Thanks
Mike *

It is a 36-inch tyre said to be manufactured for Qu-Ax. The company have
recently put a similar 36-incher unicycle on the market as the original
Coker.

The tyre seem only to be available from the German branch of
Unicycle.com

http://tinyurl.com/7rpsb

Couldn't find it at Roger's place but I'm sure he can produce it.

I have bought one (price is really fancy for two punds of rubber) but
have not yet tested it. People I have talked to says the new tyre runs
smoother on hard surface and is easier when turning.

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Err, you mentioned airfoil rims, I was looking at em earlier on the
american unicycle.com, now I checked the UK one, there's this weird
price difference...

89 dollars here http://www.unicycle.com/Shopping/shopexd.asp?id=569

90 pounds here http://tinyurl.com/cq5nx

That's quite a change in price.

Also, if I were to get an airfoil rim I'd purchase a wheelset as I'm not
very technical myself and have no experience at all at doing spokes. The
only coker wheelset I can find is on the american site,
http://www.unicycle.com/Shopping/shopexd.asp?id=570 (I think it's a very
decent price for this wheelset)

According to the 'calculate shipping costs' I would pay more for
shipping than for the actual wheelset 🙄 I'll contact the owner
tommorow

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You could buy the airfoil rim from wherever it is cheapest and then get
a set of standard Coker spokes from Roland at the German Unicycle.com
(roughly 50 euros). Then look to the skies for your local 'Bicycle
Repair Man' (http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/bicycle.htm). He
will lace the wheel for you in a four cross pattern faster than you can
say 'Coker'.

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goldenchicken II said:

*You could buy the airfoil rim from wherever it is cheapest and then
get a set of standard Coker spokes from Roland at the German
Unicycle.com (roughly 50 euros). Then look to the skies for your local
'Bicycle Repair Man'
(http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/bicycle.htm). He will lace the
wheel for you in a four cross pattern faster than you can say 'Coker'.
*

*Air foil rim* : 90 dollars (unicycle.com)
*Suzue hub* : 50ish dollars (municycle.com)
*Spokes* : 60ish dollars (municycle.com)

*Total* : 200 dollars[/B]

*Wheelset* : 209 dollars

I don't know what other hub I could put in there, no splined one for
sure, the cranks would be impossible to pay for :p I believe the suzue
is the strongest cotterless hub? I've send unicycle.com an email, asking
about the shipping cost, I'm hoping to receive an answer tommorow...

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The Suzue hub is very narrow. Too narrow for the big Coker wheel. The
narrow hub makes for a weaker wheel.

The best option is the 'Unicycle.com Extra Wide Coker CrMO hub'
(http://tinyurl.com/4tx8z). It makes for a stiffer and stronger wheel.
The standard Coker frame can be easily bent outwards to fit the wider
hub.

Second best option would be a Schwinn hub. The Schwinn hub is wider
than the Suzue hub. But not nearly as wide as the Extra Wide
Unicycle.com hub.

It all gets expensive with shipping. Shipping the big Airfoil rim costs
a lot because of its size. The rim is made in the USA (I believe) so
it's cheaper here since there are less shipping costs. Shipping the
Airfoil over to the UK and Europe adds to the cost.

The standard Coker wheel works well enough for regular road riding. You
can upgrade it with a Schwinn hub or UDC Extra Wide Hub and make it a
little bit better. The cost of the standard Coker and QuAX is low
enough that more people can afford it. Going the custom route with the
Airfoil wheel and other goodies gets the cost up a lot. If the Airfoil
rim came stock along with a better hub the cost of the unicycle would
easily double and that would make it difficult to afford for some
people.

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