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Re: Can you identify this overpriced uni?

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  1. The local "antique" shop has a unicycle in stock that I have not seen
    before.
    It has cottered cranks, a sturdy looking frame and a 28 spoke wheel. It
    also feature surface rust and an old bicycle saddle.

    The shop keeper has put AUS$125- on it which is way too much.

    The attached photos should help those in the know identify what brand it
    is and also give an idea as to it's real value.

    The first person to appease my curiosity with a correct reply wins a
    cute little unicycle model that I had made in Thailand. You will need to
    collect it from me in Brisbane though :-)

    Wayne van Wijk.

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  2. and here is a close up of the wheel....

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  3. i might be wrong but that looks like a homemade uni. just judging by the
    things they have used to make it.

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  4. that uni looks almot exactly my first uni that i still have and learned
    thoe i dont know what its name is cus it was all rusty when i got it
    heheh so i dont think it is home made

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  5. the bearing holders kinda look like ones on my '[censored] cycle'
    (http://tinyurl.com/4x8l7) that J-Foss possibly thought was a Concord.
    the crown looks alot differant though.

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  6. Yes, same bearings as on my Japanese Concord. This suggests possibly the
    same factory, but who knows? It's a safe bet you have a Japanese
    unicycle from the 1970s there. I have seen that fork crown before, but
    can't remember the associated name. Like my old Concord, that is just
    the sticker on top of the metal. The same frame may have been sold under
    many different names, just like the frames of today.

    So your antique dealer can decide whether he wants to sell his outdated
    unicycle, which is possibly up to 30 years old or so, or keep looking at
    it for a long time. It has no intrinsic "antique" value, other than
    perhaps being a rarity in Australia if few were ever sold there.

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  7. I think that I might offer him $50- for it.
    Unless there are any other Brisbane unicyclists looking for a 20" uni.

    Wayne.

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  8. I'd agree that its worth no more than $50. It needs a new saddle and
    seatpost to make it rideable for more than a few minutes. If you explain
    this to the seller he might realise that it ain't worth $125.

    +0}\{y

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