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Customizing thread! (cheap thrills)

unidunc · 2008-04-04T06:39:53+00:00

I did a wee search and couldnt find much about this, I could be wrong and if i am I dont really care anyway. In this thread I would like to see everything people do to their unis to make them look cool for as little money as possible. Il start with a little fun I had with a valve cap 🙂 THE LEGO MAN VALVE CAP All I did here was grab one old lego man, one valve cap, a drill bit the size of a valve cap and some glue. ( I dont have pictures of the process because I did it ages ago, besides its kind of self explanaory) The result was this: 26056 26057 26058 26059 The legs fell off and he's missing a hand but you get the idea 🙂 it could easily be improved but that was just a quickie. Sooo everyone post your cheap Uni customizations! +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: legovalve4.jpg | |Download: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/26059 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- unidunc *)-90'-unispin-O* 1st Place GhyMhY7S9GE (second uni vid, 3 months into my new life) Hey dude. how much do you want to bet i can ride a cycle no handed while pulling a wheelie for 100 meters? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unidunc's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/16535 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/68945 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com

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unidunc
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4 April 2008, 06:39 UTC #1

I did a wee search and couldnt find much about this, I could be wrong
and if i am I dont really care anyway.
In this thread I would like to see everything people do to their unis
to make them look cool for as little money as possible.
Il start with a little fun I had with a valve cap 🙂
THE LEGO MAN VALVE CAP
All I did here was grab one old lego man, one valve cap, a drill bit
the size of a valve cap and some glue. ( I dont have pictures of the
process because I did it ages ago, besides its kind of self
explanaory)
The result was this:
26056
26057
26058
26059
The legs fell off and he's missing a hand but you get the idea 🙂 it
could easily be improved but that was just a quickie.
Sooo everyone post your cheap Uni customizations!
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Filename: legovalve4.jpg |
|Download: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/26059 |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
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*)-90'-unispin-O* 1st Place
(second uni vid, 3 months
into my new life)
Hey dude. how much do you want to bet i can ride a cycle no handed
while pulling a wheelie for 100 meters?
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SqueakyOnion
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4 April 2008, 12:42 UTC #2

The LEGO man valve cap is quite possibly one of the best ideas I've seen
in a long time. I commend you. I have neither my LEGOs or a power drill
at my house in Texas, but I'll definitely be borrowing your idea this
summer, as both are at my parents' house in PA.
Awesome.
😎 😄
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saskatchewanian
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4 April 2008, 13:29 UTC #3

My customizations are more for improved function instead of looks. My
most heavily moded uni is my 36er. It has posilished sidewalls on the
airfoil, tread cut into the otherwise smooth TA, a custom carved
saddle, a custom handle built out of a road bike and a T7, I managed to
get pedal reflectors from a different set of pedals on my snafus and
reflective tape on the front, back and rim for visibility.
OK maybe my MUni is more heavily moded but it is more a combination of
off the shelf parts than modified stock parts.
The only thing stock left on my MUni is my Yuni frame and odesy single
bolt clamp. It now sports a Nimbus CroMo seatpost, KH fusion Freeride
saddle with doubled stiffener plates, Nimbus ISIS hub, Echo 160mm mod
cranks, Echo 47mm drilled rim (in 36 hole, ordered from the factory,
probably the sweetest 26" rim you can get if you don't want a marge)
all laced 4X with DT spokes, snafu pedals, and some blaze orange duct
tape on the frame for some flair.
My "yellow 20" started out as just a frame I got from Evan Byrne and
now sports my old cotterless trials wheel laced in a single leading
single trailing, double leading double trailing spoke pattern and
sports a shaved Luna and a seat built up from random parts with a
schwinn base.
I had my no-name trials set up with a try-all rim and have a new Monty
Eagle claw for it but I need a new hub and cranks, It is disassembled
right now but has a custom cut seat foam with a new KH fusion cover.
Every time I post one of these posts describing my unis I wish I had a
camera.
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surfer1024
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4 April 2008, 13:49 UTC #4

I'm gonna do that! I just gotta choose which lego guy to do though (I
have about a 1000 choices)
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adjuggler
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12 May 2008, 12:27 UTC #5

surfer1024 said:
I'm gonna do that! I just gotta choose which lego guy to do though (I
have about a 1000 choices)
I'd go with C3P0 because he is always yelling when something exciting
happens in the movies... "ahhhhhhh.... what is the meaning of this!"
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Hazmat
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12 May 2008, 13:04 UTC #6

adjuggler said:
I'd go with C3P0 because he is always yelling when something exciting
happens in the movies... "ahhhhhhh.... what is the meaning of this!"
Actually why not a starwars lego figurine in general and 'add a blue
and white version of this to your tyre.'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=673) :eek:
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catinabag1 said:
we should provide the defibrilator
tpbm want some ice cream with smarties while they power up!
😄 'Can't wait till this game is finally released.'
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