Schlumpf 36

I am going to be ordering the schlumpf shortly. Before ordering it
though, I have a few questions (I'm planning some more).

1) How changeable are the cranks that come with it? I know that they
have to be his special ones, but is it possible to order another set
and change them?
I am going to order the 150s, but I might want to switch down to 125s
sometime in the future. What tools would I need to swap out the
cranks? Has anyone done this on a schlumpf before?

2) To anyone who has ordered the schlumpf: what shipping/delivery
mode should I choose? What is a safe but not too expensive way of
shipping?

3) Again to anyone who has ordered one: What is the safest way to pay?
(his site lists several options)

4) Should I go ahead and get a V brake? I would rather have
hydraulic, but all his frames already come with vbrake threads so i
might as well get the V brake instead.

Seeing as how he does not offer the full unicycle, just the frame, hub,
cranks, I am going to have to buy the coker wheel separate. I have
never built a wheel before, so I will be taking it to my local bike
shop to build (the stockton wheel would be nice, but I am already going
to be investing a lot of money). I am going to buy the airfoil rim on
unicycle.com, and some spokes on unicycle.com. Hopefully the local
bike shop can figure out how to build a wheel around the schlumpf hub.
These spokes will work right?
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=277

Hopefully if all goes well and I order within the week, I will have my
36 schlumpf put together by early january.


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siafirede wrote:
1) How changeable are the cranks that come with it? I know that they
have to be his special ones, but is it possible to order another set
and change them?
I am going to order the 150s, but I might want to switch down to 125s
sometime in the future. What tools would I need to swap out the
cranks? Has anyone done this on a schlumpf before?


I haven't changed the cranks yet, but I think they use standard cranks,
you just need a special tool to take off and change them, which comes
with the uni.


siafirede wrote:
2) To anyone who has ordered the schlumpf: what shipping/delivery mode
should I choose? What is a safe but not too expensive way of shipping?


Ask Florian Schlumpf what's available for you, he can give you several
options. On the order form, you probably want to select economy post,
which I think will take about 2 weeks from when he sends it.


siafirede wrote:
3) Again to anyone who has ordered one: What is the safest way to pay?
(his site lists several options)


Credit card.


siafirede wrote:
4) Should I go ahead and get a V brake? I would rather have hydraulic,
but all his frames already come with vbrake threads so i might as well
get the V brake instead.


If you need a brake, get it or another v-brake. We don't have many
hills in MN so I didn't get a brake at all. Though I may try to put a
not-yet-to-market mc2 brake on mine.


siafirede wrote:
Seeing as how he does not offer the full unicycle, just the frame, hub,
cranks, I am going to have to buy the coker wheel separate. I have
never built a wheel before, so I will be taking it to my local bike
shop to build (the stockton wheel would be nice, but I am already going
to be investing a lot of money). I am going to buy the airfoil rim on
unicycle.com, and some spokes on unicycle.com. Hopefully the local
bike shop can figure out how to build a wheel around the schlumpf hub.
These spokes will work right?
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=277


I don't know if those spokes would work. The hub dimensions are much
different than the other hubs available. I haven't heard of anyone
making a Coker out of the schlumpf yet, so you'll have to get the
dimensions and then call UDC to see if that works with the hub and
airfoil rim.


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siafirede wrote:

I am going to order the 150s, but I might want to switch down to 125s
sometime in the future. What tools would I need to swap out the
cranks? Has anyone done this on a schlumpf before?



I think you'd be a bit nutty to ride a geared up Coker on 125s anyway,
so I'd stick with the 150s. As Gilby notes, there aren't many hills in
MN, so it depends on the riding conditions. If you have lots of flats
and few hills, go for the 125s.

I'm not a big fan of changing cranks on a guni, tho I don't mind it on
a regular unicycle.


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I'm jealous! I wish it was in my budget this year to get one. I think
you'll go plenty fast with 150's. Personally, I 'd probably go even a
little longer. Geared up with 125's, you probably won't have enough
leverage to push the wheel in 1:1.55 mode. I can't wait until you
start writing some reviews!


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Wow!! Is he bringing it on tour? How will we keep up with him :-)


GizmoDuck wrote:


Good luck. One other thing I didn't realise- there is already someone
with a Shclumpf 36". If you look up Hans Fiby on the Laos Unitour
website 'www.laosunitour.org-' (http://www.laosunitour.org) give him an
email. He should be able to answer you Q's more in depth.


Ken


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mscalisi wrote:
Wow!! Is he bringing it on tour? How will we keep up with him :-)



No, I think he is ordering a 29" Schlumpf as well which he will be
using if it arrives before LUT.

Of course, what we should do is pester him to bring his 36" Schlumpf so
we can check it out. Hopefully we'll get a photo of it shortly to put
up on the LUT equipment page.


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No one has built a Schlumpf hub into an Airfoil rim for a Coker yet. If
at all possible get Dave Stockton to do it for you. You have alot
invested in the unicycle alone. Dave will do it perfectly. The spokes
will be non-standard. Your bikeshop will have a difficult time getting
the spokes and they won't don't the high-quality job that Dave will.
Dave can get the stainless steel spokes specially made to the right
length. And I will repeat, he will build the wheel perfectly.

Dave did der Uber Coker wheel for Kris. It was non-standard and Kris,
Dave, and I wanted it done right.


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harper wrote:
No one has built a Schlumpf hub into an Airfoil rim for a Coker yet.



Not quite Harper, it's been done as of last week. Hans Fiby has it
. Check out the specs including the spoking pattern on the
Equipment page of the Laos Unitour website:
http://www.laosunitour.org/equipment_set-up.htm


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On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:57:50 -0600, GizmoDuck wrote:

It took my bike mechanic 4hrs to build it up.
Normally takes him 40min to build a wheel.

What causes the difference?

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On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:35:37 -0600, siafirede wrote:

1) How changeable are the cranks that come with it? I know that they
have to be his special ones, but is it possible to order another set
and change them?

My Schlumpf is on order with two sets of cranks (150 and 170).
Schlumpf supply their 'own' type of cranks but I was given to
understand that any regular type of cotterless cranks should work.

Hopefully if all goes well and I order within the week, I will have my
36 schlumpf put together by early january.

Put HOPEFULLY in capital letters. I ordered my 29'er Schlumpf on 1
March and it still hasn't arrived. Delivery after nine month sounds
doable - my wife did it twice.

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