Pimped-out KH 36 distance Uni w/ aero bar: Its all frigging Blue, pictures attached

That is pretty sweet!

EDIT: im surprised I havent seen a bike seat used on a coker yet. The
position with how we sit has been pretty much the same since always.


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saskatchewanian;1126329 wrote:
Wow, I would love to give that thing a try, It makes my handlebars look
short

One question, Why did you go with rails? When I had a T7 the rails were
the first thing the bend, then the plate broke. Sure the brace takes
almost all the up/down stress off the rails but I still think a standard
seatpost design is stronger and ultimately more adjustable (when you
adjust the seat, the handle doesn't move and vice versa.


I would be tempted to try a bike seat with that setup



Rails = adjustable angle with a bike seat post. I originally built
this without the brace - opting to reinforce a rail adaptor bracket with
six plate steel gussets that rinforce both the plate and the rails,
partially seen in one of the pics (also see below) This attempt at a
steel moment frame wasn't stiff enough and I'd say would have broken the
thomson post at the rail clamp if I kept riding it.

The brace works really well and now if I were to build again, I can
forgo the tedious gussetting of the rail bracket.

I have ridden a t-7 handle and I'd agree that it is kind of a weak
design, tho a Thomson post help shore up the bounce a bit.

Yes, I've thought about the bike seat bit too since the mast
effectively keeps you from sliding forward while riding
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Too bad you gave the aluminum one away. I guess I'll stay true to my
crooked t7 then


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Does everyone have a crooked T7? It seems that way...


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My T7 is quite noticeably crooked.


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That is some piece of kit!

I was going to ask what your plans were for bars on the KH36 when I saw
that you were selling the other one. I'm interested in a handle for my
KH36 but something suitable for both on road and off road, along the
lines of a GB handle.

Some pics and video showing your new kit in action would be good to
see.


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That's beautiful! As I've been riding on the road I've been thinking
that I want something way out there to lean on... that seems to be just
the ticket. I'm thinking that I'd somehow leave the existing T7 bars
there, though, and simply extend the bottom horizontal bar like you did
(without removing the original T7 handles). That way I could still ride
upright in high gear on hills and things that make me have to push and
pull on teh handle.

That setup sure would beat leaning over the T7 handle with your hands
on the bars and your elbows squished up against your sides!

and @brycer, yeah, I welded my T7 too, and it made it WAY more stiff to
put a gusset on the front bar where it attaches to the front plate, as
well as another gusset at the 45° bend in the front bar. But
it got messed up somehow, so now my leg and bike shorts ges sliced by
the bottom right corner of that front plate where the front bar attaches
to the rails. It sticks out too far now.


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brycer1968;1126262 wrote:
but if you need to ride hands-free for some reason, the mast does tend
to look and feel silly waggling between your legs.


Haha! I can feel that already with my T7. All in all an interesting
build. I'll be curious to know about your long-term experience. And it
would be nice to see a photo of someone riding the bowsprit uni.


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chuckaeronut;1126777 wrote:
I welded my T7 too, and it made it WAY more stiff to put a gusset on the
front bar where it attaches to the front plate, as well as another
gusset at the 45°*bend in the front bar.


Is there a photo of how you designed this reinforcement?


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yes!
this is a step forwards in big handlebars on unicycles
i alsow have a big handlebar setup and i must say i like it way better
than a t7 bar.
yours looks very good.
i have seen those areo bars before at my local bicycle shop where i
work but havent orderd them yet.
but now i see that it looks good i will order them i think, currently
alsow working on a better handelebar setup.

does the tube helps much to stop the flex or is it just there to be
sure its stiff?
only thing you may want next is a geared hub


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