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My new KH/Schlumpf 36!!!
After 5 months of waiting for my hub to return since sending it in the for the recall, I got it in the mail yesterday and immediately dropped it off at the bike shop to be built. I picked it up today and followed Florian's instructions of injecting 1 siringe of his oil into the slot screw and then tightened everything up and started to ride (at night, in the cold rain). So...was it worth the 5 month wait? Absolutely. This thing is amazing. I rode Chuck's at RTL but it has been so long since Nova Scotia and I forgot how truely amazing it is to ride a geared 36. My setup is not ideal yet since I am running a heavy coker tube, but it still doesn't feel that heavy. First thoughts: Geared 36ers are easier to ride than geared 29ers. I don't know if it has to do with the wheel momentum or the fact that I am using 150mm cranks instead of the 125s I was using on the geared 29, but riding in high gear is very easy. I did not put the buttons on yet because I know that it takes a while for the cranks to settle and I have been tightening them every few minutes. It will take a few more rounds of riding/tightening before they are on good. Hopefully tomorrow or thursday I can put the buttons on and try shifting. My set up is: KH 36" frame Nightrider rim (white) 150/125 dual drilled Moments CF KH seat base with Fusion Freeride foam and GB4 handles Some cut bar ends on a KH rail adapter to mount my brake Snafu pedals (only because my MG1s were making a lot of noise..I will replace the Snafus with MG1s when I get new ones in the mail) Nightrider Tire with Coker tube (hopefully trying out a 29er tube at some point) Pics to come soon and a better review to come as well. Stay tuned. -- siafirede 'DCuni' (http://www.dcuni.com/blog) - my blog about Unicycling in Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland *James* = my name ------------------------------------------------------------------------ siafirede's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6057 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74768 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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My new KH/Schlumpf 36!!!
Hell yeah, James!! Bout time you got that hub back! Now you just need to ride it out to California... As for the cranks, yeah, just keep yanking them down. Eventually they'll stay that way. Even still, though, I never ever ride without my little Schlumpf button holder-inner-the-righter-placer plate that you need in order to hold the buttons still to get the set screws inside loose and tight. Last time mine went loose on me was early July... before that, early June, before that, late April, and before that, they were pretty much coming loose every ride or two all the way back until I first built it up. Enjoy the crap out of it!! -- chuckaeronut Uni to work to eat to live to uni to work to...! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chuckaeronut's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14677 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74768 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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My new KH/Schlumpf 36!!!
Hey, James, welcome back to the guni club! siafirede;1146721 wrote: Geared 36ers are easier to ride than geared 29ers. . Maybe that's why us real men ride 29s STM -- semach.the.monkey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ semach.the.monkey's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12078 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74768 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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My new KH/Schlumpf 36!!!
Yeah James, sweet! I got my hubs last night...I'm hoping to get the wheels built up soon. I'll be back to guni 36'ing and guni 24'ing (for both me and louise!) corbin -- corbin http://www.corbinstreehouse.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ corbin's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7561 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74768 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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My new KH/Schlumpf 36!!!
Good stuff, James! I'm so jealous. Have fun with your crazy cool new setup -- asthian There's always free cheddar in a mousetrap, baby, it's a deal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ asthian's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/16135 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74768 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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My new KH/Schlumpf 36!!!
@siafirede: So did you mount it in high gear right away? Isn't that really difficult? Are the GB4 handles being made again or did you get them used or when they were still in production? I'm looking for something to replace my broken T7 with. -- munirocks mono for bono ------------------------------------------------------------------------ munirocks's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/16564 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74768 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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My new KH/Schlumpf 36!!!
munirocks;1146971 wrote: @siafirede: So did you mount it in high gear right away? Isn't that really difficult? Are the GB4 handles being made again or did you get them used or when they were still in production? I'm looking for something to replace my broken T7 with. Yeah, I have just been mounting it in high gear. It isn't all that difficult, it depends on your abilities. Some find it really difficult, some find it easy, it is all in the mounting technique. I always have always used a static mount and it works well with the geared 36 (for me)...although I guess a rolling one would be better, but I have never used rolling mounts. GB4s are unfortunately not being made anymore. I have had my GB4 for quite a long time now. There was a thread that someone made about their custom aluminum GB4-like handle they made that looked very awesome. You could make something similar to the GB4 by following that and by having someone weld the parts. -- siafirede 'DCuni' (http://www.dcuni.com/blog) - my blog about Unicycling in Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland *James* = my name ------------------------------------------------------------------------ siafirede's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6057 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74768 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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My new KH/Schlumpf 36!!!
Ah, okay thanks! I think I will try the old bike frame trick with what is left of my T7 first and see how that goes. -- munirocks mono for bono ------------------------------------------------------------------------ munirocks's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/16564 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74768 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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My new KH/Schlumpf 36!!!
corbin;1146917 wrote: Yeah James, sweet! I got my hubs last night...I'm hoping to get the wheels built up soon. I'll be back to guni 36'ing and guni 24'ing (for both me and louise!) corbin Wo, so you have three now?!? -- ntappin 'how to build a strong comfy saddle from junk.' (http://tinyurl.com/hxcb3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ntappin's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/10800 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74768 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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My new KH/Schlumpf 36!!!
ntappin;1146998 wrote: Wo, so you have three now?!? Yeah Technically, one of the G-KH24s is for Louise. -corbin -- corbin http://www.corbinstreehouse.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ corbin's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7561 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/74768 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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