Nimbus municycle - 24" or 26"

From what I hear, the 24" is more flexible in it's capability for
different types of riding... At least i hope so, my Nimbus 24" is coming
tomorrow 😉

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I'd say get the 24". My dad said that he lost a lot of power when he
used the 26".

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Has he tried both?

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* a 24" with a 3" tyre like a Gazz or Contra is almost as big as most
26"-ers (though a 26" witha big tyre will be bigger by a similar
amount)

* I've got a 24x3 muni- it's an excellent machine

* for drops, a 24" rim should be stronger than a 26", though this may
not be that relevant on a nimbus as the cranks/hub will probably go
before the rim

* for technical stuff like riding obstacles, the smaller 24" should be
better, a bigger 26" should be better for cross country riding due to
it's slightly higher speed (though cross country is the main type of
muni I do, and the 24x3 is good for it)

I can't really say which is best though, as I've never ridden a 26"

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If it's for riding trails, get the 26". Better over bumps, and faster.
If it's a 24 x 3, that's practically a 26" anyway, so same difference.
The 3" tires are heavy. They can handle just about anything, but you pay
a penalty in weight.

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I'm getting a 24" Nimbus unicycle tonight then. 😄 Yay! My first
municycle!

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I see that the 26'' comes with 170mm cranks and the 24'' has 152's, does
this mean that they have similar gearing? not that it matters much as
cranks are easily interchangeable, but does anyone ride a nimbus 26''
with 152's or smaller, as it does seem that this sort of set up would
make for a great fast cross country machine.

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johnfoss said:

*If it's a 24 x 3, that's practically a 26" anyway, so same
difference. *

I just got a Nimbus 24 Muni. I was curious about the above statement, so
I measured the diameter of the tire, It was 24". Can someone explain to
me what *If it's a 24 x 3, that's practically a 26" anyway, so same
difference. * means

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a 24 x 3 is 'beefier' than a 26 x 2.6 and so is not that far off the
size of the 26, unless you get a 3" 26, is what i gathered from the
thread. i think poeple are saying get the 24" because its more versatile
and doesnt make too much difference over distance/XC riding.
sory if that doesnt make sense.........i'll shut up now

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One on one said:

*

I just got a Nimbus 24 Muni. I was curious about the above statement,
so I measured the diameter of the tire, It was 24". Can someone
explain to me what If it's a 24 x 3, that's practically a 26"
anyway, so same difference. * means

a 24x3 is a 24" rim with a 3" tyre and generally will be of almost the
same diameter as a 26" rim with a normal tyre.

I just measured my 24X3 and the tyre diameter came out at 25".

Unicycle rims bear little relationship to their stated size, for example
a 24" rim is actually only a little over 20"; I think the size may refer
to the diameter with a typical tyre.

This would be in agreement with the fact that your uni comes out at
around 24".

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Do yourself a favor and stick with your plan to get the 24" MUni. I do
have both, and reach for the 24" nine times out of ten. It's just
better for most of the fun stuff that we do with our MUni's. It won't
get you across country quite as quickly, but in just about every other
way is more versatile and easier to deal with.

When you get good and break your cranks and/or hub, re-lace it with a KH
hub and you'll be good to go forever if you're a normal person. My 2
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Last night I ordered the Nimbus 24" municycle! Hopefully it will come
soon, I can't wait to start muni-ing.

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damn it i wish i had seen this post earlier! I would of said go for the
qu-ax muni it's £10 more then the nimbus but it's splined!!!! you may
not think you need it now but for £10 you get much more for your
money!you have to ring up to get one of these tho i am sooooooo sorry i
dnt reply sooner!
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It's to late now but is the qu-ax at unicycle.uk.com because that's
were I'm getting my uni from.

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yeah kind of it's on www.municycle.com but if you phone up
unicycle.uk.com you can get it through them!
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Ok, I am quite happy with the Nimbus I ordered. I will probably upgrade
the cranks when I bust them. All I have to do now is wait for my uni to
come. I can't wait.

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yeah the nimbus is a great uni good luck if you want i am sure roger
might change the uni dnno sorry i did not read sooner

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thinuniking said:

damn it i wish i had seen this post earlier! I would of said go for the
qu-ax muni it's £10 more then the nimbus but it's splined!!!! you may
not think you need it now but for £10 you get much more for your
money!you have to ring up to get one of these tho i am sooooooo sorry i
dnt reply sooner!

But the Qu-ax has the ankle-bashing sticking-out bits at the hub. I
rode one recently and thoroughly disenjoyed those parts of it!

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what???????? i have 2 and have never hit my ankles do you have massive
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