Rowan said:*Today I went to the local bike store to try and get a 24" wheel built
on a unicycle hub. They told me that they had no 36 hole rims and
phoned the Alex distributor to find that they didn't have any either.
Is this a case of the Unicycle world falling behind the mountainbiking
world again? Or is it due to the extra weight per wheel on a unicycle
and the extra four spokes are needed? Are there any 32 hole unicycle
hubs available? Almost all the rims in the bike store are 32 hole.Anyway, in my search for a rim I looked at Unicycle.com and noticed
the new 'KH Freeride' (http://www.krisholm.com/products/index.htm)
rims. They look pretty awesome and are fatter than anything else I've
been able to find. Maybe I should wait and get one of them, hopefully
it won't be too long until they are available in NZ. Are they 36 hole?
I guess they would be. They are extremely wide- wider than the Sun
doublewide by far. The new KH unicycles look good- loads of
improvements over the old models. It is a bit like computers- you buy
one and it's out of date in a few years, and unicycles seem to be
getting better and better too. *
32h rims do seem to be becoming more popular in MTBs, but if that's all
your LBS had, you should probably look elsewhere. Either they have a
very limited selection or they cater almost exclusively to MTB'rs. I'm
not really sure why the MTB'rs use 32h rims, the wieght difference
caused by 4 spokes is very insignifigant.
I don't think the KH rims are going to be sold seperately for some time.
That's what I hear anyways. Looks like the unicycles are going to be
sold as units only for this run. I am pretty sure the doublewide is
wider than the KH rim. The doublewide is about the widest readily
available rim on the market. The OD of the sun is 45.9mm while the KH's
OD is 42.2mm. I also think the sun rim has a better cross section.
I think unicycles are a little different from computers. I am fine
getting by with my old computer (example only, mine's nice and shiny
still 🙂 ) but when you see the new unicycle come out, it is hard to
resist. If I wasn't so broke I would be tempted to sell parts of my
pimped out old school KH and get the new one.
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