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MY 29er HAS BEEN ORDERED!

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  1. today i ordered by beautiful nimbus 28" with a Big Apple tyre from
    unicycle.uk.com!
    and all my exama are over and it's half term next week so lots of
    'learning to ride my 29" time!'
    How long do you reckon it will take to come? 😄

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  2. Eeeeeexcellent! 🙂

    You're going to absolutely love it, it's such a nice unicycle, it's so
    smooth...

    Phil

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  3. cool,now you have to update your 'biography' (http://tinyurl.com/yquga)
    🙂

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  4. And add one to the 'Uni Count' (http://tinyurl.com/3d44r)

    Daniel

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  5. Mike Hinson retunred my 28" wheel yesterday, tho we went for asort of
    Muni so i didnt get achance to check it out. i put it together tonight
    an its lovely, its soo quick. I put some 150's on and its quite easy to
    mount, but they bob you out the saddle to much and im going to change
    them for my 125's Im not quite ready for my 110's on it they are
    unbelieveably hard to mount with (for me anyway)
    I managed a short test ride of 3 miles on pavement this evening with no
    UPD. I may get a Big aaple tho, as im afraid of collapsing my rim again,
    it really doesnt feel that strong with this ridiculously skinny tire
    on.
    Im sure you will have fun with yours TP

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  6. This is what Tom did to his rim...

    Don't do trials on it TP :-)
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  7. treepotato said:

    * so lots of 'learning to ride my 29" time!'
    How long do you reckon it will take to come? 😄 *


    However long it takes, it'll be too long. But worth the wait.

    Speaking of which (thread jack ahead), I added a shot of my not so new
    29er to my 'gallery' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albuq14). And a shot
    of the back of my new Civic. There's also two new shots of our cats in
    the Cats gallery.

    Back on topic. What length cranks are you getting with it, TreeP?

    Enjoy!
    Raphael Lasar
    Matawan, NJ

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  8. mike.hinson said:

    *This is what Tom did to his rim...

    Don't do trials on it TP :-)
    /\/\ *

    Woah! Thats exactly what my rim looked like when I screwed it up. The
    worst part is I was just learning how to ride and that happened.

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  9. i really want to get a 29er, but i feel it is so much of an investment.
    sure its only 250, but then there are so many accessories! there is the
    airseat, the handlebars, the brake, the speedometer... so maybe i can
    jack this thread and ask if people ride 29ers like this one without
    these accessories that seem to me to be pretty essential. i cant
    imagine riding on a kh seat for hours straight...

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  10. I wouldn't be suprised if it came today or tomorrow. My giraffe was
    delivered the next day, and that was between Christmas and New Year.

    Enjoy it, it's definitely next up on my wishlist.

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  11. muniracer said:

    *i really want to get a 29er, but i feel it is so much of an
    investment. sure its only 250, but then there are so many
    accessories! there is the airseat, the handlebars, the brake, the
    speedometer... so maybe i can jack this thread and ask if people ride
    29ers like this one without these accessories that seem to me to be
    pretty essential. i cant imagine riding on a kh seat for hours
    straight... *

    Pretty much everything is optional. My 29er has a KH seat, no speedo, no
    brake etc. and it's gone probably 1500 miles with no problems. The only
    thing I'd really really upgrade from a standard one is the tyre and
    pedals, to a big apple and something with pins.

    If you ride regularly a KH seat is pretty good for distance riding, you
    don't really need an airseat any more. Except if you're one of the few
    weird people who just don't find the KH seat comfortable at all.

    The other stuff is nice to have, but unless you're doing 100 miles a day
    or whatever, you don't *need* it.

    Joe

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  12. heres a crappy pic of my nimbus II 2", with some wellgo pinned pedals
    and 150mm (learner) cranks.

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  13. Mike i dont call a couple of small bounces (not even worth calling it a
    hop) trials, lol.
    heres a pictue of the wheel after staying at mikes.

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  14. muniracer said:

    *i really want to get a 29er, but i feel it is so much of an
    investment. sure its only 250, but then there are so many
    accessories! there is the airseat, the handlebars, the brake, the
    speedometer... so maybe i can jack this thread and ask if people ride
    29ers like this one without these accessories that seem to me to be
    pretty essential. i cant imagine riding on a kh seat for hours
    straight... *

    I put a speedometer on my 24" muni the other week it was great until i
    droped it in to a river on the first ever ride with it!🙁 good luck
    with it treepotato on how long a day or two just make sure your in when
    the man comes or u will end up waiting an extra week until it finally
    ends up in the local post office you can pick it up!! this happend with
    my 19" trials wheel set o btw it rocks!!!
    BEN

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  15. every order ive ever had form uni.com has just been left on the
    doorstep, ive never had a problem with them. its when people use parcel
    force that its a hassle

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  16. what about this?

    http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=576

    if i was to be riding a lot (maybe 50 miles a day for a few weeks) would
    i need this fella?

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  17. Bah! All these people with shiny 29ers and cokers. I have no space, and
    no money, yet I still feel it's just a matter of time...

    John

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  18. no john noooo!!!! well i will stick to gliding ok not as fast yet but i
    will be i just broke my record i just did 37.5 revs i love it so much
    but my shoes are burning thro already!
    Ben

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  19. tom_edmonds said:

    *every order ive ever had form uni.com has just been left on the
    doorstep, ive never had a problem with them. its when people use
    parcel force that its a hassle *

    Yeah they cant even find my house all you have to do is fallow the
    streat down and its not like its far back its right near the road. When
    I call them they say oh you can come pick it up here. I said no bring it
    here the address is right but i had to wait the week end because they
    suck.

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  20. johnhimsworth said:

    *Bah! All these people with shiny 29ers and cokers. I have no
    space...*

    🙄

    (This is John's room, btw... and what's that I see? Not his, maybe, but
    it seems to fit...)

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