Seager wrote:
I disagree. The sport is doing fine with universal products. The
division is in what you do with them - distance, commuting, trials,
muni, freestyle, etc. But within those disciplines there is no
separation between gender/children/special needs etc with the exception
of what size frame you buy and wheelsize for kids.

Your design would fall into distance/commuting because gears are
impractical for the other unicycle disciplines. Kids don't ride
distance or commute, thus you can make a universal "adult" product -
just like every other manufacturer does for commuting. I think this
will save you money in the long run.


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Dakoroman: Seager, welcome back, no hard feeling from me towards any
Unicyclist member.

Universal products are fine, unless you aim for special functions/
applications, matching the people's needs with new features.

Case: TRIKKE, www.trikke.com, they have a range of products, altough
from the logic/ common sense/ savings perspective, etc, would be much
better to have a single product for everyone.

See DAKOROMAN 4X1/ 6X1, FOLDING/ CONVERTIBLE/ PORTABLE, as a case for
universal products.

See Figure 11: DAKOROMAN ADJUSTABLE CRANKS, where the cranks can be
lowered to the ground/ at least one of them, then allowed to pin-click
back in normal position.

DAKOROMAN DRIVE SYSTEMS/ products can be used for more than long
distance/ commuting; kids indeed don't do that very often, but they
love to play a lot and faster/ responsive/ cheap/ portable products are
good for them.

Ioan "Dakoroman" OASA, Sydney.


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