Okay, so last weekend I went up to NYC to try out der Uber Coker (geared
coker, geared to 1.5:1). I mainly wanted to try out the beast to see
if I wanted to invest in a schlumpf 36er, and well...after trying
it...I DO! The 54" equivalent wheel is incredible. I do not own a
coker, and last saturday was only the second or third time I had been
on a regular coker, let alone a geared one, but I was able to ride der
Uber Coker quite well. It took a couple minutes to get the hang of it
and freemount it, but after a while I was able to freemount and blast
off. It is a little slow to start, but once you get it started it
moves beautifully. It is so smooth and requires little effort to go
fast, it does however require more concentration than a regular coker.
Either way, it was an incredible feeling pedaling so slow and going so
fast! I think that with the schlumpf hub being able to downshift to
the 1:1 mode to go uphill will be great and then on the flats and
downhills shifting up to the 1:1.5 mode would be great. Der Uber
currently has 150mm cranks on it, and these were perfect. I don't
think I would go any higher than 150mm because it would probably hurt
my knees more on long distance, and smaller than 150mm I would lose a
little control. The only downside to der Uber was that it was rather
heavy, but it was not that much heavier than Andrew's stock coker, so
it shouldnt be too much of a problem.
Here are some videos of me riding der Uber, and one video of Andrew
doing a pirouette on his stock coker:
http://www.enhansa.net/unicycling/NY/
I just emailed Florian and he said that if I ordered now I could have
the hub in about 3 weeks, so I am pretty sure I am going to order one
soon.
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