FATTEST-tire uni available

Why do you want this fat tyre? If you want to do freestyle tricks, get a
freestyle unicycle. A fat tyre will not aide your freestyle riding. I
did freestyle on my trials unicycle w/Monty tyre until level 4. Getting
a real freestyle unicycle made a huge difference. I doubt I would have
passed levels 6 and 7 on my trials uni. Sure its possible to do
freestyle with a trials or Muni tyre, but far from ideal. In my opinion
wheel walking and gliding are much easier to learn on a standard
freestyle unicycle, rather than on a 24" or 26" muni.

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But if he wants it for muni....

Id say get a cheap uni like a 20" torker LX for freestyle, and a nimbus
24X3 for muni.

Or if you just want ONE, get a torker DX for cheap and get a wider tire
or somthing.

And you COULD get fatter tires, but the regular trials or 3" muni tires
are much more worth it.

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If you want the fattest ridable tire, make a wheel out of the rear rim
and tire of a dirtbike.

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The fattest available tyre at the moment (or at least in the very near
future) is the 26x3.7" Surly Endomorph. Its designed for sand, snow,
soft mud & other similar terrains. However, you have to have a custom
frame made to fit it, and use the Surly Large-Marge 26" rim. The wheel
I've made up with this rim currently has the second biggest tyre on it,
a 26x3" Nokian Gazzaloddi. Pics 'Here'
(http://www.one-wheel.net/images/GB4%2026x3.7%20LM%20Endo/)

I planned on having a 3.7" uni a while ago, and began sourcing parts for
it 2 months or so ago. I ordered a frame off GB4 just before George
stopped
making frames, so I don't know if mine will be the only 3.7" compatible
frame available, or if others will come in & start widening frames to
accommodate it. If you want a 3.7" compatible uni, expect it to cost
£300-400 (about $550-$700) plus.

The 3" Tyres on the other hand a pretty well supported by most frame
manufacturers, and going for a Hunter or similar will serve you well.
It'll be excellent as a Muni & medium distance commuter, especially in
26" since the external rolling diameter is larger than a 28" road uni.

Consider your choice very carefully however! I've been waiting months
for my uni, and now the last piece (the frame) is only a short period of
time away (I don't know if its shipped or not yet!), I'm like a kid on
christmas eve, not knowing if its going to be christmas tomorrow or just
another christmas eve again! Patience is a virtue, and I am getting
-exactly- what I've always wanted in a unicycle.

Loose.

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FATNESS

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I'm also building a 26x3.7 setup. I purchased a GB4 frame from George,
who gave me lots of patient buyer assistance, thanks George!
If you ever want a custom frame, GB4 is great!

Everything is here as of today's mail... except I forgot to get a 25.4
mm seatpost and clamp! ARGH!

Of course, the Endomorph hasn't been released yet, but I'll purchase
that as soon as it's available. Anyway, I'll put up pix once I have
some.

Since there's so much snow here in the north of Sweden, I'm looking
forward to using this monster to follow snowmobiles in the winter!

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pdc said:

*FATNESS *

Thats your chopper in front of my garage, have you taken any pics since
you goten the chopper??

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Not yet, my wife was away for a week with my camera. I'll have some in
my gallery soon, along with pics of my new Rowing Muni.

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3.7 is pretty wide, does it go any wider?

pdc, and how much of this uni trading/buying does your wife no about
:hehe:

e39m5

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e39m5 said:

*3.7 is pretty wide, does it go any wider?

pdc, and how much of this uni trading/buying does your wife no about
:hehe:

e39m5 *

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Did someone say FATTEST?

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Endomorph 3.7 tires are ready to ship. 60tpi (1260 grams) and 30tpi
(1350 grams) casings will be offered. We're just waiting for the 26 x
3.0 - 4.0 Presta tubes to be packaged. Everything should ship in a week
or two. ETA is late July/early August.

Cheers,
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mgrant said:

*Did someone say FATTEST? *

Dude, you can't post something like that w/o an explanation. I wonder
if that can even be ridden?

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bugman said:

*Dude, you can't post something like that w/o an explanation. I
wonder if that can even be ridden? *

Of course it can be ridden. Here it is (see attached pic)

I found that pic in a forum post a while ago and saved it. I didn't
save a link to the post and now I can't find the original post. I'm not
sure who is in the picture or where it's from.

So Mr. Grant, who is that and where is that uni from?

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SurlyDave said:

*The Goiter *

nice ride !!!!!

yeah I like to here more of the big fattie--does look ridable

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critter said:

*nice ride !!!!!

yeah I like to here more of the big fattie--does look ridable *

But not turnable.

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john_childs said:

*So Mr. Grant, who is that and where is that uni from? *

Sorry but I have no idea.

The picture arrived, without any comment, in my email inbox - forwarded
by one brother-in-law from another brother-in-law.

-mg

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mgrant said:

*Sorry but I have no idea.

The picture arrived, without any comment, in my email inbox -
forwarded by one brother-in-law from another brother-in-law.

-mg *

Bummer. I'll have to keep wondering who that is riding the car tire
uni. At least now I have two pictures of it.

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