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  1. i just got my new onza trials uni and i am loving it. this
    is my second uni, my first being a 24" muni. it took a
    couple hours to get a hang of it as i had previously done
    all my trials on my muni. the biggest hurdle is the
    difference in seats. my muni has a miyata airseat and the
    new onza has a KH. despite the fact that the miyata is
    brutal on the fingers, I have managed to get my hops up to
    about 25". on my new ultra-light trials uni i did not try
    anything higher than 20" but rarely missed a hop. i hope to
    be nearing 28" by mid january. the onza feels so much more
    responsive during trials. doing seat out hops on my muni
    felt as if i was lifting the seat, which was attached to a
    lead weight by a rusted chain. the onza feels as if i am
    lifting a single object vertically collectively. its a nice
    feeling :-). the frame is really stiff, which as i implied
    above, greatly adds to the hopping aspect.

    i will now compare it to the KH20/summit

    my bro and "almost" everyone in Hell on Wheel has a kh20 or
    summit (not frank) so i have had plenty of chances to ride
    them. in my personal opinion, i prefer the onza. this may be
    because the onza is "mine" and that implies a certain
    increased level of affection, but it just feels more solid,
    and i like that in a trials uni. i also prefer the
    yuni/nimbus2 style crown over the kh. this is most likely
    because my muni has a yuni frame and i have therefore slowly
    become accostumed to
    it. another advantage i will point out is that the kh comes
    with wellgos :-( and the onza comes with bulletproof
    style pedals (not great but much better than wellgos).
    these differ from the bulletproofs in that they have
    more pins and the pins are a good 1 or 2mm longer (no i
    am not joking). they are massive and i will surely
    "feel" their grip later in riding :-). i also like that
    the cranks angle away from the frame to prevent your
    ankles from being nipped by the protruding cylinder out
    of where the crank attaches to the hub (sorry but i
    cannot remember the actual terminology of what i am
    delineating). so all in all, i prefer the onza. it is
    mine and i shall stand by it. but i guess the comparing
    is futile until i put it throught the same torment as
    has been put on the kh20s...

    and perhaps i will update everyone on the progression of my
    testing of this uni in the future........

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  2. Thanks for the info and congrats on getting a new uni 😄

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  3. hey, nice write up.

    Can you weigh it and share back, later?

    Thanks

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  4. Krashin'Kenny said:

    Thanks for the info and congrats on getting a new uni 😄

    Ditto. And the term for the cranks angling out is "Q-
    factor".

    Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
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    of success. - Defender of Enormous Manhood

  5. you mean weigh it physically, or weigh its positive
    attributes, so to speak? ill do both (if i can find a
    scale).

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  6. trip sucks at halo and his uni is quite the example of
    slick sweetness

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