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Muni trail equipment
I have been riding my unicycle for about a year now and haven't had even a touch of guilt that my mountain bike is still hanging from the garage celling with dust on it. So I have begun going through my repair kits to make them muni friendly. When I would mountain bike I took everything I would need for a repair since a two hour ride could easily put me two days hike back to the car. With my unicycle I don't travel as far and was wondering what equipment for repairs everyone else brings with them, or if most just walk/jog back to the car and make the repair there. -- jim.furfaro ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jim.furfaro's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7261 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/37804 |
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very handy Muni tool to have in your backpack.... http://www.parktool.com/tools/MT_1.shtml [image: http://www.parktool.com/images/tools/MT_1.jpg] -- zod - Southern Fried mUni "We say grace and we say ma'am, if you aint into that we don't give a damn" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ zod's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3631 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/37804 |
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if you wanna be prepared, a tube/patch kit and a set of allen wrenches, and maybe a crank tool (depending on what kind of cranks you have) should be more than enough. oh and for a muni, regular mountain bike tire levers might not be strong enough, but flats are pretty rare. -- markf - movie nerd stuck in iowa and unemployed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ markf's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8102 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/37804 |
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I carry a patch kit, pump, tube and a wrench(es) that fits basicly everything (6mm for seat clamp, allen wrench for my crank bolt for my Profile set-up and a 6" crescent wrench), water and a PowerBar (or some other energy back-up fuel source). If there is any chance of rain/foul weather I tote along a rain vest - more for warmth than for wet. I put all of this in my Camelbak "Mule." I would carry a 14 mm socket or specialty wrench for your crank arms if you have a taper crank. Tommy -- Tmornstar - Grandmaster 2T Tommy Thompson (No PMs. please) Memphis Unicycle Club Please vist our web site: http://www.memphisunicycleclub.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tmornstar's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/658 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/37804 |
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I ride with a pump, 10mm socket on a socket driver, metric hex keys, a spare tube and tire levers. The 10mm socket is to tighten the nuts under the seat and bearing holders. The Hex keys are for my seatpost clamp. I don't carry a 14mm socket because it's heavy, so I check the crank nuts before the ride. -- daino149 - On Vacation - till i find a job Check out my 'pics ' (http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/daino) 'My X-a-n-g-a' (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=fingerpies) I need to find a job ------------------------------------------------------------------------ daino149's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/933 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/37804 |
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Fortunately you don't get as far away from civilization in an equal amount of riding time to your bike. But it's still good to be prepared instead of having to walk out. Generally what I like to carry is enough tools to tighten anything tha can come loose on the uni, and a patch kit. That means you also need tire irons and a pump. I have a tiny little pump that work on Schraeder or Presta, so I'm well covered there. The actual tools I usually have on me are a Park multi-allen wrench, a Swiss army knife, and a stupid 5/16" allen wrench because both my Wilder and GB4 frames have this one set of ridiculous non-metric screws holding the wheel on. No proper tire irons. Also bring a phone if you have one. Though you might not have a signal, I'm always surprised at the places where I do get a signal (middle-of-nowhere Salmon Falls Trail) and where I don't, such as downtown frikkin' Moab (Nextel). Maybe they've updated their coverage since last year. My last trail ride ended with about a 4 mile walk out, carrying the unicycle over my shoulder. Unfortunately there isn't much you can do when your tire explodes, breaking the wire on the tire's bead and blowing a 2" hole in the tube. I still need to order a new tire! -- johnfoss - The wilder Wilder John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com "Read the rules!" -- 'IUF Rulebook' (http://www.unicycling.org/iuf/rulebook/) -- 'USA Rulebook' (http://www.unicycling.org/usa/competition/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/37804 |
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I got some 8 or 9mm? Allen bolts for my tapered cranks from the local bike store. Easy to carry an allen wrench. -- pdc - self proclaimed Level 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pdc's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8160 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/37804 |
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I keep a MUni tool kit in a Camelbak dedicated to the purpose.
Included are Micro pump Patch kit Plastic tire levers Schrader valve tool 10mm flex socket (fits saddle nuts) with extension and wrench Allen wrenches Philips screwdriver Spoke wrench 15mm cone wrench (for emergency pedal tightening) 14mm(?) socket (for tightening tapered crank nuts/bolts) The weight of the tools is 17 oz (480g). I don't usually carry spares (spokes, pedals, tire, tube, etc.). Ken |
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I tend to carry what I consider to be appropriate for the ride. For shorter rides by myself I'll bring just the minimum which is an Altoids tin full of allen keys and other small tools. Just the minimum to tighten things that may come loose during the ride. My little kit also contains a spoke key and a schrader valve tool to tighten a leaky tire valve. For longer rides, or rides that take me farther from civilization, I'll carry more. For the longer rides I'll take the pump and patch kit, tire levers, and a nut driver to tighten the bolts under the seat. And a 14 mm wrench if I'm on a unicycle with square taper cranks. For epic rides where I'll be out for many hours and for group rides, I'll take even more. On these rides I may bring along a spare tube along with tools that will fit other unicycles and little extras like spare crank nuts and a 14 mm wrench to tighten a loose crank. Strangely, my little tool kit gets more use on a group ride than when I ride by myself. It seems a lot of people on group rides don't bring tools with them or don't have all the tools that they need. I have had to walk back to the car a couple of times. Once was on a muni ride back when I was riding a Pashely with the standard square taper cranks. A crank came loose and I couldn't get it to stay tight even though I had a 14 mm socket wrench with me. Fortunately I was within a mile from the car so it wasn't too bad. Another time was when I broke my Profile crank during a muni ride. No trail side repair for that. Another time was when a sealed bearing in a pedal fell apart and the pedal fell off the spindle. Fortunately those failures also happened close to the car. Twice I've rolled my Coker to a bike shop to get a crank tightened (I didn't have my crank tools with me). That was all before I knew how to properly tighten the cranks. Now I know how to properly tighten the cranks on and I haven't had a loose crank problem since. A torque wrench is the key to getting the cranks properly tight. I've only had one flat on a unicycle ride, and that was a flat air seat on an epic ride. I had a patch kit and pump on that ride so it was an easy fix. Other failures during a ride have been broken spokes, but those have never caused any problems and I've been able to finish the ride. And there were two times that I broke a Miyata seat during a ride. That was before I switched to the carbon fiber seat base. In fact, it was before the carbon fiber seat bases were even available. The most annoying failure I've had was a pedal bearing that failed in the parking area right after I pulled the muni out of the car. I got all suited up, hopped on the muni, did a small little hop in the parking lot, and the pedal bearing went crunch. The ride was over before it even began. -- john_childs - Guinness Mojo john_childs (at) hotmail (dot) com Gallery: '' (http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/john_childs) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/37804 |
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johnfoss wrote: *My last trail ride ended with about a 4 mile walk out, carrying the unicycle over my shoulder. Unfortunately there isn't much you can do when your tire explodes, breaking the wire on the tire's bead and blowing a 2" hole in the tube. I still need to order a new tire! * Was that with the 29er? -- john_childs - Guinness Mojo john_childs (at) hotmail (dot) com Gallery: '' (http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/john_childs) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/37804 |
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