Touring Uni. HELP ME OUT!!!!

My current ride fits your criteria admirably.

A 700c Nimbus (yuni?) with a 29-er tyre, a comfy seat (airseat) and 150
mm cranks (though the cranks are so cheap you may as well get a set of
125's as well).

Here's my recent write up since switching in the 150's: -

http://tinyurl.com/6c8ca

It goes fast, it's great at climbing hills and excells at speed focused
XC (cross country) muni.

Another possibility is a 24"x3 muni, OK for commuting in hilly places,
but lacks the speed of the 29-er.

The only weakness of the 29-er is that a 700c Nimbus rim won't take big
drops; but I'm so busy climbing monster hills and bombing round like a
maniac to miss that 🙂

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Worminton said:

*The @ sign doesn't have an official name. *

I never thought about that. According to this page:
http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/theatsignpage/

.. its called monkey's tail in Dutch, worm / maggot in Hungarian and dog
in russian.

We oughta come up with a name for it in english, i think. 😄

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onewheeldave said:

*My current ride fits your criteria admirably.

A 700c Nimbus (yuni?) with a 29-er tyre, a comfy seat (airseat) and
150 mm cranks (though the cranks are so cheap you may as well get a
set of 125's as well).

Here's my recent write up since switching in the 150's: -

http://tinyurl.com/6c8ca

It goes fast, it's great at climbing hills and excells at speed
focused XC (cross country) muni.

Another possibility is a 24"x3 muni, OK for commuting in hilly places,
but lacks the speed of the 29-er.

The only weakness of the 29-er is that a 700c Nimbus rim won't take
big drops; but I'm so busy climbing monster hills and bombing round
like a maniac to miss that 🙂 *

Wait I thought that the only touring unis that were good at muni were
26"ers. I mean isn't the 29"er a little to big to ride MUni.

By the way is that one unicycle.com?

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Depends on what kind of muni.

Like I said above they're not good for drops or anything that requires
wheel strength.

But for speed they're excellent, also the bigger wheel has a good
rollover effect.

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And this seems to be the USA eq

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Worminton said:

*The @ sign doesn't have an official name. *

In English the name of the sign seems to be most commonly given as at
or, more fully, commercial at, which is the official name given to it in
the international standard character sets. Other names include whirlpool
(from its use in the joke computer language INTERCAL) and fetch (from
FORTH), but these are much less common. A couple of the international
names have come over into English: snail is fairly frequently used; more
surprisingly, so is snabel from Danish.

Source: http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/whereat.htm

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Worminton said:

Wait I thought that the only touring unis that were good at muni were
26"ers. I mean isn't the 29"er a little to big to ride MUni.

You are asking for a compromise, so don't be surprised the advice you
are getting has compromises. If you want hardcore MUni performance,
get a 24x3 MUni and live with the fact that it will ride like a truck
on pavement, the tire will wear out quickly if you turn a lot, idle,
etc. on the road, and it won't be particularly fast at covering
distances.

Otherwise, consider that, at 28" actual diameter, a 26x3 MUni wheel is
only an inch smaller than a 29er wheel, albeit one inch in the wrong
direction for rough terrain. If you want decent road performance
consider riding one of the touring tires listed on Unicycle.com.
Maybe the Hookworm 26x2.5 or Nano Raptor 29x2.1. Don't worry which
unicycles are equipped with which tire, just ask for the tire you want
when your make your order and they'll fix you up.

Ken