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Torker LX Handle

foozy · 2005-01-21T23:46:06+00:00

I was at school earlier today doing trials stuff on my torker 24 LX and was doing a crankgrab onto a ledge, pulling pretty hard on my seat handle. A little after that I noticed that my handle was alot looser. I looked at the base of the seat and saw that the handle was cracked pretty bad near the base. The crack runs along the inside of the underside of the seat and goes half way across. I think I have been pulling too much on the handle when going up stairs and the pulling on that jump finally caused it to crack. Its still usable and I just put some superglue in the crack. Has anyone had this problem? Is superglue going to hold under all that pulling? P.S. I'm thinking about reinforcing it with some screws washers and nuts like what andrew carter talks about on his site. Does this work well? -- foozy - ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ foozy's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8949 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/37734

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foozy
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21 January 2005, 23:46 UTC #1

I was at school earlier today doing trials stuff on my torker 24 LX and
was doing a crankgrab onto a ledge, pulling pretty hard on my seat
handle. A little after that I noticed that my handle was alot looser. I
looked at the base of the seat and saw that the handle was cracked
pretty bad near the base. The crack runs along the inside of the
underside of the seat and goes half way across. I think I have been
pulling too much on the handle when going up stairs and the pulling on
that jump finally caused it to crack. Its still usable and I just put
some superglue in the crack.
Has anyone had this problem? Is superglue going to hold under all that
pulling?
P.S. I'm thinking about reinforcing it with some screws washers and nuts
like what andrew carter talks about on his site. Does this work well?
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TheObieOne3226
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22 January 2005, 00:00 UTC #2

Yeah, they're total junk. I broke mine in an hour. Either spend $20 on a
kinport handle and another $2 on a reinforcement plate for the handle or
do the yoopers fix. You can see it 'here.'
(http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/yoopers98/my_photos) It distributes the
pressure onto the sides of the handle which is the strongest part.
It may be too late though since yours is already dead.
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22 January 2005, 00:26 UTC #3

well like I have said before torker needs some help in their product
building
p.s why do peopple keep buying them
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22 January 2005, 00:41 UTC #4

Torker's are pretty good uni's, and the Handle on the LX is ok. and even
buying a kinport(even with re inforcement plates) wont completly fix the
issue, just look wgat happened to me:
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TheObieOne3226
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22 January 2005, 01:13 UTC #5

Catboy said:
*Torker's are pretty good uni's, and the Handle on the LX is ok. and
even buying a kinport(even with re inforcement plates) wont completly
fix the issue, just look wgat happened to me: *
Looks to me like you need to improve dropping technique. Land your
weight on your feet and pedals, not on your seat or handle.
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22 January 2005, 01:22 UTC #6

brockfisher05 said:
*well like I have said before torker needs some help in their product
building
p.s why do peopple keep buying them *
The easy answer is that they make quality unicycles for a very
reasonable price. There are several things to keep in mind. The Torker
LX is NOT made for trials. The Torker LX saddle is almost identical to
the Miyata saddle. The Torker is IMPROVED over the Miyata (or at least
late model Miyatas).
People keep buying Torkers because they are quality unicycles for very
little money. Just don't think they are indestructible.
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