What should i do as i wait for unicycle?

Well my crappy norco unicycle i got 2 weeks ago is now at the shop i got
it at, and I wont see it for another 5 days. I have a question though.
The problem was that the crank threads cracked off on both cranks. When
i got the unicycle i asked the people if it was correctly put together
because i noticed the left crank arm was on the right side and the right
on the left. He responded: "No, as long as the pedals match the cranks
its ok."
is this true or should they be reversed to avoid loose pedals and
damage? And if it wasnt put together properly would it be fair to ask
free parts instead of having to pay for it? For some suspicious reason
im paying half price, not sure if Norco decided that or the shop is
paying half.

Here is the second part to my post.
I was wondering if anyone had ideas for what i should do for the next 5
days as i wait for my unicycle... i was thinking about learning to
juggle 3 balls. Any other ideas?

Thanks for your help.


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Hermit wrote:
* i was thinking about learning to juggle 3 balls. Any other ideas?

Thanks for your help. *


Hmmm another idea is to juggle. Oh you beat me to it. Yes please do
learn how to juggle 3 balls, its very very fun. I gurantee you will
learn in those 5 days.


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ive been working on juggling a three ball cascade for about 20 days or
so and i my longest is only 32 catches.


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bike shops seriously suck at putting together unicycles. I had a couple
friends who bought a uni from a local bike shop and they reversed
everything that could be reversed. So then the kids who bought it from
them would take it back to them with a pedal or crank problem. It seems
to me the bike shops do this on purpose because they know people are
stupid. They jip you on a unicycle, then you take it back with a
problem that they caused so they can jip you even more.


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DAMN THEM! ill put a stop to this madness


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I noticed a similar problem at my local bike shop. It seems that they
didn't know which way the seat was suppose to face so people who knew
better would get onto the unicycle backwards and pedal forwards (which
is the unicycle's backwards). That would loosen the pedals, rather than
tightening it. When i confronted the store owner about this he was cool
about it. Being the only one in town who rode a unicycle he figured i
would be the one to buy his old dusty unicycles...how wrong he was I buy
all my unicycles from unicycle.com, well enough with my boring life hope
this bit of information helped you.

I would suggest you try surfing in the next 5 days, in my personal
experience it is really easy for a unicyclist to surf, I not saying
anything professional of anything but just basic surfing. if you do take
my advice remember bend your back, get up, twist, and put a lot of
weight on your front foot. You'll understand when you get there...


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dubmuni2004 wrote:
*bike shops seriously suck at putting together unicycles. I had a
couple friends who bought a uni from a local bike shop and they
reversed everything that could be reversed.*


if they reversed everything that could be reversed, then wouldn't that
mean the entire unicycle is backwards, so you can just turn it around?
ha, sorry.

anyway. learn to solve a Rubiks Cube. that'll keep you occupied.


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It's common to get backwards parts on a unicycle, not only from a bike
shop but sometimes even in the box from the manufacturer. Usually what's
in the box isn't backward, though occasionally I think frames can be.

Bike shops do not do this on purpose. At least not if they plan on
having long-term customers. Since a bike shop is a service-oriented
business, they must rely on happy customers to stay a healthy
business.

The problem at many bike shops is that the duty of assembling the
unicycles falls to the lowliest assembler (least skilled & experienced
employee) because it's assumed to be a no-brainer.

However, this doesn't excuse the bike shop from not inspecting their own
work. If they sell it, they should know how to assemble it (even if the
instructions that come, or don't come, with the uni aren't any help). If
the wheel was backwards, and the threads you described are the ones the
pedals screw into, this was the work of the bike shop for giving you a
backwards unicycle.

They would know better, but since it's basically impossible to ride a
bike with the pedals on the wrong sides, they don't realize how much
damage this can do. Don't pay for the repair.

What to do for five days? Ride your other unicycle. No other unicycle?
Start saving up (for next time)! Meanwhile, maybe read? Or write
articles for On One Wheel.


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