Protecting your saddle?

What kind of saddle? KH/Velo? Torker LX? Something else?

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I'm guessing it will be the KH saddle that comes on the nimbus 2 uni
from UDC

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Where did you hear that Bedford unis are not strong? They are the best
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mornish said:

maybe put duct tape on the front handle and back bumper. that might help
a bit. other than that, try learning in a gym or in a carpeted area.
also, practise catching the uni when you fall.

Haha, that's what I figured. I'm going to be practicing inside on the
carpet before I move onto the concrete, so I'll be doing a lot of
attempted catches.

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Riding on carpet kinda sucks, like sometimes it grabs the tire and pulls
you down, its a lot smoother on concrete. Practice to catch your uni on
all fall, but your uni will get scratched up anyways, and from tiny
falls from learning, everything will be fine.

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If your worried about actually breaking the seat, don't worry, their is
almost no chance you'll break the bumpers for a lllooooooooooooonnng
time.

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mornish said:

If your worried about actually breaking the seat, don't worry, their is
almost no chance you'll break the bumpers for a lllooooooooooooonnng
time.

Okay, awesome. 😄 Anything else I should worry about?

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you might want to purchase 'these'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=923) for your pedals.
they help keep them from getting scratched, and eventually broken.
thsts only if the pedals are metal though. if their plastic your fine.

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mornish said:

you might want to purchase 'these'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=923) for your pedals.
they help keep them from getting scratched, and eventually broken.

Inexpensive and protective. I can definately deal with that. I'll get
these when I buy my Nimbus, then.

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your getting the 24" nimbus right?

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your getting the 24" nimbus right?

Yes, I am. Is there anything I should know about it? I don't think I'll
go very hard on it (the longest hop I'll probably make is a fall off a
curb), so I'm not terribly worried.

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firisfirefly said:

Velo.

The Velo will hold up to getting dropped during the learning process.

If you do damage the handle or rear bumper you can buy replacements at
unicycle.com. The KH handle is $9 and the rear bumper is $9.95.

One way to protect the rear bumper is to use a short piece of vinyl
tubing. Something like .5" or .75" diameter or so. Get a 3" long
piece, slit it lengthwise, and fit it over the lip of the bumper. Tape
it in place if necessary. Vinyl tubing is available at hardware
stores. It's used for connecting the refrigerator ice maker and things
like that.

You can do the same to the front handle. Tape a piece of split vinyl
tubing over the handle. Use hockey tape or athletic tape.

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john_childs said:

The Velo will hold up to getting dropped during the learning process.

If you do damage the handle or rear bumper you can buy replacements at
unicycle.com. The KH handle is $9 and the rear bumper is $9.95.

One way to protect the rear bumper is to use a short piece of vinyl
tubing. Something like .5" or .75" diameter or so. Get a 3" long
piece, slit it lengthwise, and fit it over the lip of the bumper. Tape
it in place if necessary. Vinyl tubing is available at hardware
stores. It's used for connecting the refrigerator ice maker and things
like that.

You can do the same to the front handle. Tape a piece of split vinyl
tubing over the handle. Use hockey tape or athletic tape.

Fantastic. I'll do this if I think it might get bad. (A.K.A.: In case I
suck.)

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the nimbus 2 comes with plastic pedals, so don't get the pedal
protectors.

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mornish said:

the nimbus 2 comes with plastic pedals, so don't get the pedal
protectors.

Plastic pedals = good then?

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they'll get beat up, but they are dirt cheap, like $10 a pair.

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mornish said:

they'll get beat up, but they are dirt cheap, like $10 a pair.

Haha, well that's a good thing. Maybe I should just order some spares
in advance.

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'probably not. They'll last quite a while. If you have extra money for
pedals, you might want to get some of these pedals incase you want some
medal ones for riding in the rain or doing light off roading.'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=909)

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'probably not. They'll last quite a while. If you have extra money for
pedals, you might want to get some of these pedals incase you want some
medal ones for riding in the rain or doing light off roading.'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=909)

Good idea. 🙂 I really appreciate all the help you're giving me, thanks
so much. I'm really excited to be getting my uni this month, so I want
to get everything straightened out before ordering it all.

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you might want to purchase 'these'
(http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=923) for your pedals.
they help keep them from getting scratched, and eventually broken.
thsts only if the pedals are metal though. if their plastic your fine.

do those actually protect the pedals? i was thinking of getting them
but i didnt want to waste my money

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