New unicycle project

My experience as a n00b-uni-builder (well, putter-togetherer... 🙂)

My last unicycle was the first one I've built from bits
rather than ordered as a whole. It's a 24" built because I
had a Fireball tyre lying around doing nothing. I didn't
want another unicycle almost identical to the muni so I
tried to find different bits for it, which turned out to be
a DMR DV rim.

I have no complaints about the process or the result, but I
slipped up by assuming that all rims of the same "size" take
roughly the same size spokes; while the spokes from
unicycle.uk.com fit they are really too long, so I should
replace them at some point.

Right now I'm building a 29" for cross country riding. This
time I'm trying to keep an eye on the dimensions of the rim
so I can get a tyre and spokes to fit! This is fairly tricky
given that the dimensions of the things are often hard to
find on the internet; this rim came from a pretty decent
bike shop so that takes care of that problem.

I've built the wheels myself... I find this the most tedious
bit as I'm far from any good at it, but with the aid of the
sheldon brown website and squeezy stress-relievers they've
turned out okay. The first two I just laced myself and had a
bike shop finish them off; more recently I've finished them
off myself. They won't stand up to an examination with a
micrometer, but they're circular enough... 🙂

It is nice in that it results in a unique unicycle, it's not
just another <insert name of mass-produced uni here>... you
can call it "yours", especially if you built it yourself.

Phil

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