so I am a noob!

Well, the LX is not what I would say could "take a beating" simply
because it is not built for the extremes of unicycling (i.e. MUni,
Trials, etc.) It is simply built for riding. If you feel the need for a
durable uni to take a real beating and ask for more choose either a KH
or a Torker DX, as they both are incredibly durable.

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which is lighter?

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Yeah the LX isn't that strong I would recomend staying away from drops
and absolutlely none higher than a bench. Landing on grass or dirt will
reduce the impact on the uni parts. Focus mainly on technical trials,
hopping up (not down), and flatland frestyle. Some freestyle tricks
are very good for increasing general uni control like riding SIF, SIB,
seat drag, riding w/ one foot, and backwards. SIF opens up higher
potential hops, and wheel walking (ww) opens up a lot of street tricks.

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thanks for the pointers. So out of the two you mentioned which is
lighter? That is if I pick up on this whole unicycling thing, just want
to have a goal to shoot for. 🙂

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The KH is lighter, because it has less spokes and an aluminum frame, but
don't relate lightness to weakness because I believe the KH is stronger
although I've never seen someone break either a DX or KH. I would go
for the DX because it is alot less costly than the KH.

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They cost the same as the quax and are lighter and
stronger.http://tinyurl.com/yw8zbm
For 100 $ more then a dx you can get a uni that is stronger and 2
lbs. lighter.
Tell your parents you will never need another one. At this price,
365 $ , the game has changed. 140 lbs. is heavy enough to break stuff,
and you will grow how much more the next few years ?

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If they already ordered the LX for you and you don't know how to ride
yet, I wouldn't worry about it's strength just yet. It will be fine for
learning on and hold up to learning beginning trials techniques.

Once you start doing larger drops (say..... 3+ feet high) and more
'advanced' trials, then you might want a KH or Qu-Ax trials uni.

KH is best, although if I were you I wouldn't pay more for it just
because of that. It's light, but just as strong as the Qu-Ax.

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Isn't the Qu-Ax of comparable/equal quality to the Torker DX? I would go
for the DX since it's cheaper then.

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Yeah, if you already ordered the LX it's not a bad purchase for begining
trials or basic skillz. I had a Torker Lx as my first uni, and it has
held up to some beating, and has been a good first uni.

But once you start doing bigger things, and drops and whatnot you will
need..need, and stronger uni. The lx just cant take it. So in that
case, the Torker DX would be the best route to go. It has a splined hub
and cranks, and is very strong for the money. It's a little on the
heavier side, but once again it is pretty strong for the money. 😄

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I am really glad I got on here. I am 24, so I doubt I will be growing
any more. I am grossly underweight from running for so much of my life.
All of your advice has been very useful. I figured the LX would be a
good choice as something to start on as I had heard that cheap unis are
harder to learn on. Torker sounded like a very promising brand for the
price. I just wanted to find out what would be the next step once I got
into this, have to work on not falling before I can worry about making
jump, drops and such. Ill keep you guys informed on my progress. I
would eventually consider Muni, but I would have to travel a bit to do
that...not much as far as hills in the northeastern tip of FL (this is
why trials and freestyle seem like more of an option for me). Once
again, Thanks guys

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rethinking my comments, it is possible that i was a little bit harsh
about over-cutting. if you are really having trouble riding, by all
means take a little more off. just leave enough post so that you can
move the seat up by at least an inch (or two), when you get over those
intial learning steps.

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I had the best unicycling time yet. I went back out to the school, but
this time I decided to go without the fences support. Most of the time
I was relying to much on the fence and consequently I was falling
toward it or away from it drastically when I grabbed it or pushed away
from it. I ended up raising the seat about an inch as I felt I wasnt
being made to sit down in the seat enough (after reading all the advice
I figured I probably made it a bit to short...but I still have another
3 inches of play still in case I want to raise it again).
So I just held onto a pole in front of the school to get myself up and
would attempt to ride away from the poll. At first I was barely able to
pedal 2 rotations. I decided I would set a goal for myself. Make it
past the fire lane marks which extended about 5 feet away from the
pole. After a while I made it past that mark...I felt amazing. Well
then I set a massively bigger goal...make it across to the parking
spaces. This feat was more like 20-25 feet away. After a long long
time...I made it. I was so excited because for the first time I was
actually riding. Mind you I was going all over the place back and forth
to make it there, but I made it there. I continued again and again...I
still fall off early alot, but here and there I put most of my weight
on the seat look foward and not at the wheel (thanks again for those
tips) and I would start riding again. The furthest I made which was
only one time was 40 feet, which I know is nothing to you guys who are
able to do tricks and muni, but for me I felt great. After anout 4
hours total between 3 days I was figuring it out...at least somewhat.
Sorry to go on and on, but I am super excited now! One day I plan to
pwn the unicycle, but for now...Im happy just figuring things out thus
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