Amazing new trials frame

Hello every one

I just got a new frame. It was built by Mike Pritchett (SEMPER_UNI).
And let me tell you this frame is so incredibly nice. It looks really
cool - the crown kind of looks like the wings on an X-Wing fighter from
star wars. It is also extremely light. I don’t know exactly how much
it weighs, but from what Mike told me it weighs a few ounces less than a
wilder frame. Today I took it on its maiden voyage, and it stood up to
all the abuse I put it through. I found it easier to gap with a lighter
frame and my hopping was quite a bit higher (I almost got to rubber on
an 80cm ledge – something that I’ve never achieved before).

I think this is the best frame I have ever had. I’ll take some photos
of it and post them soon.

Jeff


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Will be nice to see, ive been looking for a nice frame to add to my
custom trials that ill be making after college.

Trev


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Jeff,
Very glad to hear that you're enjoying the frame.

Everyone,
These are the frames that i've been blathering about everynow and then
for almost a year now.
the frames are constructed from 6061 and heat treated to T-6.
the seat tube, crown, and bearing holders are machined and the legs are
made of laser cut sheet metal that has been bent into a tapered,
rectangular box section and welded with a single bead down the center of
the inside face.

The 20 inch frame weighs in at one pound, four ounces. this weight is
frame only and doesn't include the steel lower bearing clamps or bearing
clamp bolts. (We weighed them at the heat treat place and didn't have
the steel components with us)

Jeff Groves and Ryan Atkins are beating these frames up for R&D
purposes. After the frames have been 100% Ryan Atkins approved there
will be a production run of a yet to be determined number.

Hopefully a meeting with Mr. Drummond at Unicycle.com later this month
will give me a better idea as to what sort of demand a product like this
will create.


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Hey, they sound awesome. And im lookin forward to purchasing one(when on
unicycle.com). So what colors will they be coming in? and also how low
is the frame to the wheel? i have been having troubles wheelwalking,
gliding and one foot ww on my onza due to the height of the nimbus 2
frame crown.

thanks

Austin


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I must also agree with Jeff, it's a very nice frame indeed. on it's
first ride it showed me that eveything is made easier, crisper, bigger,
and more precise.

it's very light, and stiff, and i really like it.

-Ryan


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How much is it? Do you have any pics?


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One of my downhill biker buddies posted a few really good pictures on a
couple of different forums (all mtn bike.) he's pretty excited about
getting new people into the sport, which is great for all of us.
Unfortunately i haven't been able to find these pictures, so when i do i
will link to them.

The crown is very low profile. Ryan and jeff commented that they would
have to get used to the crown but told me they thought it was good.
carl, who rides a KH 24 inch frame, said that your foot sits further
away from tire than it would on a KH frame. so it's somwhere in the
middle.

each side of the crown has two small set screws like you would find in a
good pair of platform pedals. these can be taken out or replaced with
smaller ones if they seem a little too grippy.

Colors: As my uncle hank once said, "you can get any color you want, as
long as it's black." Ryan and Jeff were impatient and whiny (kidding)
so i didn't have the chance to get their frames powdercoated. the three
remaining frames are getting powdercoated tomorrow (monday.) It is
sandpaperish textured black that looks really nice, but it's not
actually rough.
Custom colors will be available upon request (possible cost change) and
i'm toying with the idea of an anodized finish.

As far as price goes... I hope to meet with the people at uni.com at the
end of this month. I'm hoping that they will be able to help me decide a
fair retail price. Ryan told me that if i wanted to sell alot of them I
should ask around 300-350 american.

this seems like a pretty fair price to me. Since i will be going through
distributers like uni.com and hopefully Bedford unis, the wholesale
marigns and things like that will have an effect on retail price.

This is a pretty "elite" type of frame in my mind. it is hand made and
not mass produced. these factors affect the supply side of the
microeconomical part of things. What i need to figure out is the demand.
then curves can be made, intersections can be found, good retail prices
can be dtermined and smiles can be made.

I'd like to have frames available in quantity by mid january. right now
i have a 24" frame without brake mounts and two of the trials frames
that jeff and ryan are riding. If these are still in my possesion after
my interactions with unicycle.com they will be available directly
through me for a good price.

thanks for the interest. tell your freinds.


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here are some'pictures of the frame'
(http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/albut50)

-Ryan


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DUDE, my cousins name is Michael Pritchett!! But he's not a
unicyclist....
Sorry, just had to say that.


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nice lookin frame,respectfully though my money's on Ryan pull twisting
the seat tube right out of the crown.


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