My 48 hole Alex DX 32 rim arrived today from Germany.
Those of you who have been following this on the forum know that they
are not available at present here in the U.S. which is significant for a
few reasons.
First, there is a derth of modestly priced high quality unicycles on the
market. The one that is available (Torker DX)is not completely suitable
for Trials or MUni because of a frame that can't accomodate the popular
trials and MUni tires.
Second, the hub on the Torker DX is a 48 spoke model, instead of the
popular 36 spoke type
Third, the stock rim is also too narrow to be completely satisfactory
for the wider tires.
I think I've hit upon a happy solution to all of these problems😄
I wanted a 20" trials uni of high quality for my son. I didn't want to
pay very much. Now that the Summits are gone, this isn't easy!
So, I bought a 24" Torker DX from e-bay, an Alex 19" x 48 spoke DX 32
rim from Municycle.com in Germany, and a trials tire and tube from
unicycle.com. The 24" Torker DX has less than 1/2" more height through
the throat of the frame legs than my Nimbus II 20" frame, but plenty of
width. So the 24" rim gets scrapped and the 19" rim installed. It all
goes back together and voila! A cool and unique trials rig for about
$300.00 total.
I expect it to be done before the end of the week, and will post pic's.
:o
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elmer - uniimpaired
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