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  1. OK.. so we went to a state park for a picnic today.. I decided to take
    my uni to see if I could ride on a few dirt trails as I had never
    actually tried it. After airing the tire down a bit, I had some fun
    and figured out how to hop over some roots and stuff. I rode till I
    was sore and thinking.. I really need to get a better seat.

    So on the way out of the park, we drive by 5 or 6 people and they have
    real live honest MUNIs! I'm like... whoa.. cool.. so I stop to talk
    for a bit. I've never seen a real MUNI up close... much less ever
    tried to ride one. They were more than happy to let me test drive one.
    Neato! KH24 and QUAX...

    So they invite me to come along for some light trail riding.. OK.. what
    the heck.. I'm doing OK keeping up then we get to a good downhill.. I
    made it through the first half or 2/3 of it and was holding the pedals
    back hard going down the hill and hit a root.. it bucked me off... my
    ankle took a hit and was sore, but I was still walking on it.. so I
    start riding again and it feels weird.... so I let one of the other
    guys ride it to make sure it wasn't just my ankle... no such luck... I
    bent and twisted the Torker LX hub... oops..... works fine for
    cruising around the paved universe but the first time I did anything
    remotely extreme, it's done....

    Sounds like a good excuse to upgrade 😄

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  2. Hardware failure is God's way of telling you to upgrade 😄

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    Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total
    obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and
    through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see
    its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will
    remain.

    * Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear.

    I'm late for checkers with the Dalai Lama!

    My gallery:
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  3. MUni time!!!

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  4. evil-nick said:

    Hardware failure is God's way of telling you to upgrade 😄

    Yeah.. I'm looking.... The guys I met out there mostly had KH24's.
    Very nice.. but not cheap. Of course they recommended them, especially
    since I'm not a lightweight, they seemed to think that anything less
    wouldn't hold up and I'd be in the same boat... maybe not after the
    first time out... but still.

    Looking at the KH24 Freeride.. Koxx Track Monster 24.. QU AX... I
    dunno.. I don't see myself doing 4ft drops, but I don't want to be
    tweaking things everytime I go out. And my wife still hasn't gotten
    her jaw relocated after finding out a KH24 was well over $500.
    🙄

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  5. If you want to keep your Muni low cost then try to slavage parts from
    your old one(seat, seatpost, pedals maybe) and then customize one for
    yourself.

    The Muni im building is splined and is gonna cost about $400. I used
    the old Gen 1 Kh setup and its worked great on my trials so i figured
    that it would serve great for a Muni. It also helps to kno someone who
    works in a bike shop. Then they can build your wheel in their spare
    time!.

    Or you could just go ahead and buy one that is all pre made for you. I
    like the personal touch that a custom Muni gives🙂

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    TRIALS 4 LIFE !

    Quoted message said:

    <>UNICYCLING FOR MYSLELF<><


    'Check Out The Newbie Guide' (http://tinyurl.com/99yez)

    koebwil said:

    I'm too hardcore to type. I just punch the keyboard and delete the
    letters I don't want

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  6. 24" DX

    can be extreme with it without being extreme to the wallet!

    Chase

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  7. Well.. went to the bike shop and he said no worries, he'll get it taken
    care of. Should have parts by the end of the week. +1 for dealing
    with the local guy! 🙂

    I looked at the DX, but it seems tire clearance can become an issue
    there. If I do this, I'm thinking I'm going to want a 3" tire, mainly
    because I'm well over 200 pounds and the skinnier the tire, the more
    air I have to run to keep the rim off the ground.

    The owner of the bike shop says Profile is supposed to have a uni out
    this fall. I know their uni hubs/cranks are highly regarded.. I guess
    they're doing a frame too. But I hate waiting haha...

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  8. Terrybigwheel on these forums runs a 24x3" Duro tire in his Torker DX
    and he says theres lots of clearance. The only tire that i think may
    not fit into the 24" DX frame is the Gazz.

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    TRIALS 4 LIFE !

    Quoted message said:

    <>UNICYCLING FOR MYSLELF<><


    'Check Out The Newbie Guide' (http://tinyurl.com/99yez)

    koebwil said:

    I'm too hardcore to type. I just punch the keyboard and delete the
    letters I don't want

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  9. yeah the 06' torker can fit 3" tires in them

    Chase

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    R.I.P Unibiker
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    R.I.P Paul Hester
    R.I.P James Doohan
    R.I.P Mitch Hedberg
    R.I.P Peter Jennings
    R.I.P Pope John Paul II
    R.I.P James_Potters_Cat
    YAMS

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  10. Racenut said:

    Profile is supposed to have a uni out this fall. I know their uni
    hubs/cranks are highly regarded.. I guess they're doing a frame too.
    But I hate waiting haha...

    When I bought my Profile hub & cranks a few months ago, they came with
    a catalog that had the Profile unicycle in it. UDC has a picture of it
    here:

    http://www.unicycle.com/Shopping/shopexd.asp?id=111

    But they're not selling the whole thing, just the frame. Weird. It's
    more expensive than the KH frame ($199)...but made from ChroMo.

    In general, you get what you pay for. Drop the $$$ now or drop 'em
    later...but you'll probably drop 'em no matter what. 😄

    terrybigwheel recently upgraded to the KH, and seems quite happy with
    it.

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  11. Paypal is evil... it's so easy for it to seem like Monopoly money or
    something....

    I just ordered a KH24 Freeride with a Gazzaloddi tire.

    MUNI is as bad as crack.. you can become an addict after trying it just
    once. 😄

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  12. Good on ya! You wont be dissappointed. No more twisted hubs for you!

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    TRIALS 4 LIFE !

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    <>UNICYCLING FOR MYSLELF<><


    'Check Out The Newbie Guide' (http://tinyurl.com/99yez)

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    letters I don't want

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