old antique uni.

That sounds almost exactly like my mother's Unicyle from college 'cept
her's had a 20" pnumatic tire. I learned how to ride on one of these,
but before long it was worn out. My mother's was a JC Penny unicycle,
pretty cheap.

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Sounds like my old Troxel. The frame is split like a Schwinn, with the
round tubing "squished" at the top to make a crescent shape. The wheel
is built like a tricycle wheel, with 16 spokes, which aren't welded at
either end but aren't like "real" bike spokes either. The bearing
holders look like Miyata ones, but with only one bolt.

If this matches your unicycle it's probably either a Troxel or similar
tricycle-technology unicycle from the 70s or 80s. To save any future
riders the agony of trying to learn to ride on it, please back over it
with a car as soon as possible.

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i'd love to see some pictures, and backing up with a car onto it seems a
harsh death for uni... make it fun, do a 6 foot drop with it or sommit
like that. That would be awesome.

I'd love to see some pics

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I say save it. Its fun have some old unis to collect.

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brendan said:

i'd love to see some pictures, and backing up with a car onto it seems a
harsh death for uni... make it fun, do a 6 foot drop with it or sommit
like that. That would be awesome.

I'd love to see some pics

naw, do something that a KH couldn't withstand
hehe
like a supersteep 18 set or something rediculous.

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Jerrick said:

I say save it. Its fun have some old unis to collect.

Oh all right. Just as long as nobody ever tries to learn on it. There
used to be pictures of mine on a page at unicycling.org called Unicycle
Models. Since Gilby cleaned up the site I don't know if it's still
there, or gone for good?

Ah yes, the Wayback Machine! I looked it up. 'Go here'
(http://tinyurl.com/3cvyyo) and click on Troxel to see the Troxel.

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johnfoss said:

Oh all right. Just as long as nobody ever tries to learn on it. There
used to be pictures of mine on a page at unicycling.org called Unicycle
Models. Since Gilby cleaned up the site I don't know if it's still
there, or gone for good?

Ah yes, the Wayback Machine! I looked it up. 'Go here'
(http://tinyurl.com/3cvyyo) and click on Troxel to see the Troxel.

thats hot

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I'm thinking about trying to fix my mother's with a Miyata wheel and
bearings just for sentamental riding. Gotta make it complete with some
supershort 89mm crankarms (this made the learning experience terrible).
The stock setup is so worn out the tire rubs against the
frame....almost on both sides....

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does it have a super narrow seat? it sounds like my friend's old 70's
-vagabond- it was a sixteen inch, red, lollypops, sounds the same, send
me a picture or post one when you get the chance!!!

By the way, where did yo momma find it?

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i dont know how to atach or resize images so i will just link them

me with the uni:
http://www.geocities.com/ben_unruh/155_5576.JPG

again:
http://www.geocities.com/ben_unruh/155_5577-1.JPG

uh thizz dance?:
http://www.geocities.com/ben_unruh/155_5578.JPG

the uni:
http://www.geocities.com/ben_unruh/155_5579.JPG

front view:
http://www.geocities.com/ben_unruh/155_5580.JPG

the wheel:
http://www.geocities.com/ben_unruh/155_5581.JPG

(what's left of) the seat
http://www.geocities.com/ben_unruh/155_5582.JPG

i don't expect that it is a good uni. thats why i dont use it like
that. i already have a trials, muni and coker. this is just a colector.

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jim said:

By the way, where did yo momma find it?

an antique store in cambria CA.

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Antiques have to be over 100 years old

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but the seat has like a rail adapter type thing on it. i mean [censored] you
can even adjust the angle of the seat with it! if you wanna do that on
a new uni it can cost like 60 bucks !

ahhahaha.

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one wheely said:

Antiques have to be over 100 years old

Not here, and especially not at an antique store, where some dealers
will try to pass off anything as an antique. If the buyer doesn't know
how old it is, hopefully they can be fooled into thinking it's older.

The unicycle looks like a Troxel, but has some variations from mine.
The wheel looks a little beefier, and the cranks are definitely longer!
My seat still has the plastic over the top.

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one wheely said:

Quoted message said:

Antiques have to be over 100 years old

and johnfoss responded:

Quoted message said:

Not here, and especially not at an antique store, where some dealers
will try to pass off anything as an antique. If the buyer doesn't know
how old it is, hopefully they can be fooled into thinking it's older.

The idea of antiques having to be over 100 years old is a new one on me.
I know that some of the toys I used to play with as a kid, which
originally belonged to my dad when he was growing up in the 60's, are
now considered antiques. I also have the remains of a rather nice
antique geometry set (brass protractor, compasses etc in a wooden case),
which was new when my grandad used it at school in the 20's. It might
be worth something now if my uncle hadn't lost most of the bits when he
was at school :-(

Anyway, I reached for dictionary.com, where one of the definitions for
"antique" states:
"8. any work of art, piece of furniture, decorative object, or the
like, created or produced in a former period, or, according to U.S.
customs laws, 100 years before date of purchase."

So, the 100 year definition is for legal purposes only. Note also, one
wheely, that definition No 3 in the same dictionary.com article mentions
25 years or older in the case of automobiles.

<url:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/antique>

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I had a Norco that I got when I was 10, so that would make it 29 years
old now. My parents bought it for me and I learned to ride using it. It
was a sweet frame, even by todays standards. Main cap bearings, seat
with front and rear bumper bars that ripped off after three days, a
seat you had to keep bending back or folding over to hold the foam and
cover. It was sweet though. I had the frame and stuff until a few years
ago and then the it was lost in a move. Pretty heavy, but definately
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Yeah, that isn't the one I have, but it is very similer. It does indeed
look like a Troxel. The seat and pedals on yours are different that
what we have. Seeing that seat, I guess the rectangle seat with foam
and pleather ain't that bad, lol.

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