Forum: Unicycling
January 13th 09, 04:27 PM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 39
Views: 4,911
BC Discussion Thread
madmattunipro;1169643 wrote:
hmmm... I think that kinda defeats the point of the bc wheel... but
interesting never the less.
Has anyone seen these so called 'Magicwheel'
...
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
December 13th 08, 03:55 AM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 12
Views: 862
Does anyone use a Brake-Booster?
corbin;1148587 wrote:
If you are having trouble with not getting enough stopping power from
maguras, more than likely it is due to air in the lines.
I don't think you need a booster.
...
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
December 10th 08, 06:13 PM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 33
Views: 2,094
Carbon Fiber Base Thread...
"Why is it that UDC runs out of all these parts just before I finally
get around to buying them? --nimblelight"
__________________
Tell me about it. They sold THREE (to a store) right out from...
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
December 10th 08, 05:51 PM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 0
Views: 542
Anyone use trials pads?
All right, this might really not work out--much like face-cratering
doesn't work out. Much like it, indeed.
But I bring it up because some trials pads are designed for ground
(think rough) rims, and...
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
December 10th 08, 05:46 PM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 12
Views: 862
Does anyone use a Brake-Booster?
On a 4-bolt magura set up like on KH cycles.
I'm doing a lot of very-steeps, and my arm and fingers get really,
really, really tired.
Does it work? Down-sides?
I'm on a KH24. It doesn't flex much,...
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
December 10th 08, 05:42 PM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 22
Views: 3,749
36er, handlebars and bike seat??
Learned this from Keith Bontrager (not personally, I say this for
cred).
Freaking SLATHER your chamois with vaseline ($4 a tub).
As he put it, in The Tour, everyone uses a LOT of chamois...
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
December 10th 08, 04:58 AM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 7
Views: 843
Help! Magura brake problem.
are they defective? Need to be rebled? Cleaned some special way?
I turned the dial to the minus, and this improved things.
Before, they did the first one, then the other one move, thing....
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
December 8th 08, 02:02 PM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 7
Views: 843
Help! Magura brake problem.
You are right that it's the pad connected directly to the lever that
goes further--but by about 4X as much.
Does anyone find that this is not normal--i.e. does anyone not have
this problem, or much...
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
December 6th 08, 04:58 PM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 7
Views: 843
Help! Magura brake problem.
OK, OK. I'm being a bit dramatic, as it's still totally rideable.
But it's bothering me that I can't really center the pads, nor reduce
the travel as much as I want to...
Because:
One of my pads...
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
November 9th 08, 06:15 PM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 1,171
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
November 8th 08, 07:45 PM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 1,171
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
November 8th 08, 07:25 PM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 1,171
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
November 6th 08, 01:50 PM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 1,171
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
November 6th 08, 02:30 AM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 13
Views: 860
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
November 5th 08, 03:39 PM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 13
Views: 860
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
November 5th 08, 02:09 PM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 13
Views: 860
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
September 30th 08, 06:40 PM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 31
Views: 2,873
Best Muni/Trials Shoe
teachndad;1104957 wrote:
I have worn ankle braces like Kevin's(Phlegm). The type I wear has the
laces up the front like a boot, but it adds two velcro straps that go
over and under the foot...
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
September 30th 08, 05:29 AM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 31
Views: 2,873
Best Muni/Trials Shoe
It's funny. I hadn't been looking at this site, and then I came back to
it just now, having been made aware of ankle braces, and wondering what
yous guys (sic) thought of them.
I'm gonna be on...
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
September 30th 08, 05:16 AM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 1,270
Should I consider a 29er
I'm gonna get a 24, because I decided that I want the experience to be
max different and take me on different trails than my mtb. And I'm a
super-fast X-C rider on my bike. I never do anything techie...
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
September 25th 08, 02:45 PM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 1,270
Should I consider a 29er
sp4rky-m4rky wrote:
I havent tried a 24 or 26 but I love my 29er.
You want some vids? I have made a few...
'unispins' (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ1NWVrSp44) There not easy
but...
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
September 25th 08, 08:04 AM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 1,270
Should I consider a 29er
lunicycle wrote:
Jesse can you already unicycle? if so, what size uni do you ride atm and
in what type of terrain?
Yeah. I just have one, but it morphed from a Miyata 24 to a street...
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
September 25th 08, 06:45 AM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 1,270
Should I consider a 29er
harper wrote:
Wow. What an enticing challenge. I have a video of my dog, Buster,
swallowing a 29er whole. Is that cool enough?
Easily cool enough.
And, bonus, I've got a (~2% body fat, 170...
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
September 25th 08, 06:35 AM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 31
Views: 2,873
Best Muni/Trials Shoe
Good to hear.
Initially, I sort of just thought that you were saying that this was
the right genre of shoes, which in itself was sort of a revelation.
Stupidly, I hadn't realized that there was a...
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
September 25th 08, 05:47 AM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 31
Views: 2,873
Best Muni/Trials Shoe
MuniAddict wrote:
Forget "sneakers". Get a strong, form soled over-the-ankle shoe like
'this!' (http://tinyurl.com/57lyxs)
I don't even hate the aesthetics. Very helpful.
Any other choices...
|
|
Forum: Unicycling
September 25th 08, 05:44 AM Posted to rec.sport.unicycling
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 1,270
Should I consider a 29er
I want to do muni and maybe some trials-ish stuff. Should I still
consider a 29er.
I was considering one for the speed. And then I started utubing Kris
Holm. The fact that I never saw him on one or...
|
