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Tire Sizes for KH 20
From what I know all the 20" Trials unicycles are actually 19" rimmed. The description however is 20". This holds true for the tires also. For example the Maxxis Creepy Crawler is described as a 20X2.5 inch tire. Is this the same size tire that would fit on a BMX bike? I just got a KH 20 and just assumed that I could use any decent BMX tire on it. Is this the case or do I have to get special 19" tires? Unicorn -- Unicorn Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the pedals, and you will accomplish great feats! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unicorn's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12801 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62953 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Tire Sizes for KH 20
Measuring my KH 20 installed tire diameter, I get 20.5". A Rim Diameter of 15.5" My guess is they call it 19" because it uses a fatter tire from the "mod 20 inch" size trials bike, which is different then a regular 20" bike tire. Reading the sidewall of my maxxis creepy tire on the KH20 it says 67-387 (20x2.5). So where do they get 19 inch from? I guess, the point is to make sure you are buying a "trials " tire. I just taped the tire and rim of my cheapo regular 20" uni. It has rim diameter of 16 3/4" and a tire installed diameter of 19 3/4". It's tire says 50-406 (20x 1.95). So strange. Both tires are marked 20xsomething, yet the trials rim is 1 1/4" smaller diameter. -- feel the light ------------------------------------------------------------------------ feel the light's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14551 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62953 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Tire Sizes for KH 20
i dont know where they get the measurements from... but a bmx tire will NOT fit on a trials rim. -- oneisenough ------------------------------------------------------------------------ oneisenough's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14061 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62953 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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the 20" is referring to the outside diameter of the tire. It needs mod tire, you can def *not* put a 20" BMX tire on it. Think of it as frame size. Its a 20" frame, you could install a 20" bmx style wheelset on that frame. -- agentQ *)--SmallSpin-'O,* 'Uneed Films' (http://www.uneedfilms.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ agentQ's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13021 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62953 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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It's called a 19" because it's a little smaller than a 20" rim. However this isn't used in the bike fraternity as much, they use the word 'mod' to refer to 19" rims and tyres. The number refers to the OD of the tyre anyway, so calling both BMX and mod tyres 20" isn't wrong, the whole reason mod rims came about was to get a fatter tyre but with the same OD as a BMX tyre, so it would still fit in the same frame, so they are intended to be approx. the same outer diamtre. I'm afriad it's just one of those thigns you have to know if you want to ride trials. -- kington99 Dave - what a thoroughly post-modern subversion of the cycling genre - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kington99's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9417 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62953 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Tire Sizes for KH 20
So then I would guess that any trials tire should fit. I would consider any 2 1/2 inch tire a trials tire. I don't think that BMX bikes have anything bigger that 2.1 inch. Would this be a correct assumption? I am a hardcore MUni rider but I am getting into trials because one I think that Trials skills will improve my MUni and two because I met a group of really nice kids who are great on Trials bikes and it is fun to ride with them. They however all have 26" weels on thier bikes. Is the 19" Trials tire a common tire? Or is it going to be hard to just walk into a bike shop and find one? I hate that about the 24 tires. I can only order them through the online Unicycle vendors. It just ****es me off. Unicorn -- Unicorn Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the pedals, and you will accomplish great feats! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unicorn's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12801 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62953 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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any 20(19)x2.5 trials will fit. On MOD bike there is a front and back, they are not teh same width (and sometimes tred pattern). However you are wrong about bmx tires. 20x2.25 is pretty common, there are some new 2.35s out, and there is a 3inch slick bmx tire. It is quite uncommon to walk into a bike shop and find a trials tire, let alone a MOD tire. Best luck is internet. -- agentQ *)--SmallSpin-'O,* 'Uneed Films' (http://www.uneedfilms.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ agentQ's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13021 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62953 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Someone can correct me here if I'm wrong, I think your only options a Maxxis - creepy crawler Luna - Trials Monty (I think there are a couple options) Tryall - Sticky fingers (or something) -- agentQ *)--SmallSpin-'O,* 'Uneed Films' (http://www.uneedfilms.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ agentQ's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13021 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62953 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Unicorn wrote: So then I would guess that any trials tire should fit. I would consider any 2 1/2 inch tire a trials tire. I don't think that BMX bikes have anything bigger that 2.1 inch. Would this be a correct assumption? I am a hardcore MUni rider but I am getting into trials because one I think that Trials skills will improve my MUni and two because I met a group of really nice kids who are great on Trials bikes and it is fun to ride with them. They however all have 26" weels on thier bikes. Is the 19" Trials tire a common tire? Or is it going to be hard to just walk into a bike shop and find one? I hate that about the 24 tires. I can only order them through the online Unicycle vendors. It just ****es me off. Unicorn About half of my local bike shops stock mod tyres, you just need to find one that is geared towards your needs, my experince is that bike shops are either intended for commuters/road bikes or mountain/bmx/trials bikes. 26" is also popular for trials, although I've never worked out why. -- kington99 Dave - what a thoroughly post-modern subversion of the cycling genre - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kington99's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9417 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62953 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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kington99 wrote: About half of my local bike shops stock mod tyres, you just need to find one that is geared towards your needs, my experince is that bike shops are either intended for commuters/road bikes or mountain/bmx/trials bikes. 26" is also popular for trials, although I've never worked out why. That depends on where you live and how popular trials is. I have been into 10-12 bike shops in the last year, not a single one of them had any trials anything whatsoever. ...yet -- agentQ *)--SmallSpin-'O,* 'Uneed Films' (http://www.uneedfilms.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ agentQ's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13021 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/62953 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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