Kris, what took you so long?
I just got a KH36 to replace my first generation N36, the only other 36
I've ridden extensively, and the KH36 feels much nicer. I took it on
its first ride this morning.
I had forgotten the small amount of disappointment I felt when I first
got the N36. I was disappointed with the flexy feel of the steel parts.
It just never measured up to the feel of my KH24 or KH29. In contrast,
the KH36 actually feels like the KH29's big brother. It's so stiff and
responsive.
I'm still waiting on the 110/125s I ordered to come in the mail. I
can't wait to try the 110s on a certain local hill I've only almost made
with 110s on my N36.
This is also my first experience with the Nimbus rim, and it brakes so
smoothly compared to the airfoil I was using. It's hard to tell if I'm
getting brake rub when I climb. The frame certainly does not noticeably
flex like the N36, but the wheel might have been flexing enough to rub
today. Maybe my long pants were rubbing on the wheel--I don't typically
ride in long pants. Maybe I'm just out of shape. Or maybe I need to
tighten the spokes more.
The stock wheel build was pretty lame--sorry, if whoever builds the
wheels for UDC reads this forum. I could tell that several of the
spokes were looser than the rest of the wheel just by squeezing them. I
already worked on the wheel some. I'll probably spend some more time
tightening it up as the spokes get broken in.
And, I'm all single speed again. For those who haven't heard, I may be
the first consumer to buy and sell a KH-Schlumpf hub. I decided that
now that RTL is over I really have very little desire to use the gear or
worry about the risk of falling at ~20 mph. Riding long distances on
the road is the least fun for me of everything I could do on a unicycle,
so the amount of maintenance required makes it not worthwhile for me.
It has been said that having the geared hub is like having two
unicycles. That is true in terms of function, but in terms of
maintenance a geared hub feels more like 5 unicycles to me.
For offroad riding I'd rather stick with a single speed because the
high gear is so much higher that it's just not suitable for offroad
riding unless the offroad is relatively light, in which case I'd rather
move up a wheel size than bother with a gear.
--
phlegm
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