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Might spend money on a Full Suspension uni
I was reading about the Guwi, and i began to think back to summer. I had read a few times and read other threads, about full suspension unicycles. Mostly just plans. I decided that at some point (now the near future) that i'd buy 3-5 rock shocks, and mount them in a rim. I had it all solved. 5 shocks probably, so the rim doesnt taco totaly. And then each has pivots in them, on the rim, so it will be able to move when the tire does. The frame would need to be entirely custom built, as to acomidate the tire. I'd end up using the back tire off an enduro motorcycle, which the the rim would be just stiff enough not to taco, and a frame that would give a few inches of freespace between tire and frame. Either that, or i'd take like 7 smaller shocks, and mount them in like a 24'' rim. It wouldnt taco as easily, that in itself would work fairly well. Well, care to add suggestions? lol, post any further ideas. and I KNOW THAT THERES a thread like this, but this is my ideas on it. And im also planning to do this at some point, and maybe bring her to mondo -- unibikeling unibikeling wrote: chrome wrote: Difficult to mount, but a fun ride once you get her going.... -if only my unicycle was that dirty 'lol...' (http://www.internetisseriousbusiness.com) my 'myspace' (http://www.myspace.com/gramwashere) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unibikeling's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14752 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67499 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Might spend money on a Full Suspension uni
I believe the word "full" is unnecessary here. -- TheObieOne3226 'SWAT Gallery' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/SWAT) 'SWAT webpage' (singlewheeledattackteam.1hwy.com) 'Arrow Racing' (http://www.arrowracing.com/) 'Sixsixone' (http://www.sixsixone.com) \"obie is definately a trend setter, i got in to unicycling because of him, and came here because of him\" - kj-52 \"try not to annoy the great obie, for he is better than us.\" - murde mental *disclaimer: the above message was not intended to offend anyone. if you are offended i can take no responsibility for my actions because i don't feel like it. also you are reading an internet newsgroup where not everyone will share your same views and beliefs, be able to take criticism and post/read threads at your own risk.* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheObieOne3226's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4851 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67499 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Might spend money on a Full Suspension uni
i had an idea a little while ago about the whole suspension uni thing. so lets say you cut a hub in half, hollow out the inside so theres space in side, weld a heavy spring to the two ends on the inside so it could twist, attach the to halves so they could twist but not pull apart then build your wheel. I have no clue if this will work at all because i have no clue how much force is being put on it. nor do i know if the rim would work if the spokes were constantly twisting. just wanted to run it by the more experienced engineers. -- Uni-Ouly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCsYZ_0HM8o i like smilys but am unfortinatly limited to 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Uni-Ouly's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/15661 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67499 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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sounds good i guess, but, are you talking about mounting like 2 seperate wheels so to speak on it? -- unibikeling unibikeling wrote: chrome wrote: Difficult to mount, but a fun ride once you get her going.... -if only my unicycle was that dirty 'lol...' (http://www.internetisseriousbusiness.com) my 'myspace' (http://www.myspace.com/gramwashere) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unibikeling's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14752 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67499 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Might spend money on a Full Suspension uni
or.... we could take a guni and mount it so the gears/chain can slide/move with the wheel. So the frame and pedals will stay hooked together sorta. i'll just draw up plans and scan em or something... here.. brb -- unibikeling unibikeling wrote: chrome wrote: Difficult to mount, but a fun ride once you get her going.... -if only my unicycle was that dirty 'lol...' (http://www.internetisseriousbusiness.com) my 'myspace' (http://www.myspace.com/gramwashere) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unibikeling's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14752 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67499 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Might spend money on a Full Suspension uni
had you considered that the shocks and springs from a bike would be far too stiff for this use? -- kington99 Dave - what a thoroughly post-modern subversion of the cycling genre - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kington99's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9417 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67499 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Might spend money on a Full Suspension uni
if they were too soft the rim would squash and break -- unibikeling unibikeling wrote: chrome wrote: Difficult to mount, but a fun ride once you get her going.... -if only my unicycle was that dirty 'lol...' (http://www.internetisseriousbusiness.com) my 'myspace' (http://www.myspace.com/gramwashere) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unibikeling's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14752 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67499 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Might spend money on a Full Suspension uni
The problem with the first design is that however much travel you give it, it will rotate by up to that amount when you pedal, and wind up, when you stop pedalling it will unwind. You can actually buy some cheap nasty unicycles made like this. They don't work because of the wind up. To make a full suspension muni, you really need to make some kind of giraffe or equivalent cos the pedals need to not be fixed to the wheel axis. Joe -- joemarshall my pics http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albuq44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ joemarshall's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1545 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67499 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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unibikeling wrote: if they were too soft the rim would squash and break yes, so you need to find a happy medium, and standard bike shocks won't be it. Also what Joe said, I've ridden one of those crappy 3 shock spoke uni bike things, altering the shock stiffness changes the ride from too stiff to make any difference, to too sloppy to ride in a straight line, with no middle ground. -- kington99 Dave - what a thoroughly post-modern subversion of the cycling genre - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kington99's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9417 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67499 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Might spend money on a Full Suspension uni
i think i know just what your talking about edit: i just drew this up like 5 minutes ago, its my idea for a suspensioned frame [image: http://a571.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...4d0b86942.jpg] -- unibikeling unibikeling wrote: chrome wrote: Difficult to mount, but a fun ride once you get her going.... -if only my unicycle was that dirty 'lol...' (http://www.internetisseriousbusiness.com) my 'myspace' (http://www.myspace.com/gramwashere) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unibikeling's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14752 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/67499 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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