OK, I've only been at this for 4 months now, and have been enjoying the h@ll out of my custom Hunter/Coker.
In the search for speed on roads and paved trails, my newbie question is this: what would be overall a faster uni: a coker with short cranks, or one of the big 48"+ retro wheels?
Wouldn't the 48" with a thin solid tire be capable of faster top end speeds? If so, why aren't there more of them? Are those really big wheels (w/ 60 spokes) too heavy?
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A coker is better than other big wheel unis due to it's pneumatic tire which gives it a smoother ride than a hard wheelchair-like rubber tire. Also, the coker's tire is pretty heavy which gives it more momentum and less wobble. All of this makes it a faster unicycle for long rides because it's a more comfortable ride. For a short ride, such as a mile or two, a bigger wheel would probably be faster, assuming enough training were done on it.
