It's here!!!

Good news!
Now get out in the dirt and make us all proud

- Frank


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chirokid wrote:
*I am in love with my new Muni. I just got home from my inaugural
midnight ride. Being a moonless night, and since I live out in the
country, it was very dark. I rode for a total of 55 minutes.

The following is the scoop:

My new ride: A 24" KH Wheelset, matched up to a 3" Duro Wildlife
Leopard, stock KH cranks, fitted with Wellgo B-27 pin pedals. A
standard chrome seat post holds on a brand new KH Velo
Yellow/Yellow/Gray seat. The wheelset and seat are connected together
by a 26" Chrome Yuni frame.

The huge tire 24"X3" just ate up the bumps. My long driveway,
downhill ,gravel, with ruts, was no problem. Multiple speedbumps, pot
holes, the a gravel parking lot of a local church, an 18" wide wooden
bridge at my kids elementary school, all no match for the 3" Duro.
Having rode my 1.75" rock hard Schwinn tire for the last 28 years, I
could hardly believe the "cushiness" of this tire. I rode right up
curbs, through grassy lots, and over a 4" tree limb (that one amazed
me, yet I hardly felt the bump).

Never have I sat on a unicycle seat that is as comfortable as this
Yellow KH seat. Not even once did the seat cause ANY irritation or
pain, eventhough I was only wearing causal baggy shorts. Dropping off
the sidewalks at the school, I could feel the pampering softness, as
this awesome seat took tender loving care of my hind quarters. I have
always struggled to do seat out riding, but this seat just slid right
out, then back in when I wanted. Also, on my modified air-bladder
Schwinn seat, you have to "arrange" yourself on the seat with delicate
care. Not with my new KH, everything just sort of fell into place
automatically. I am delightfully amazed. Lastly, I was afraid the KH
seat might be a skinny boy seat, but it took care of my 265 pounds
with no complaints.

My new Muni is fitted with Wellgo B-27 pin pedals. These are my first
metal pin type pedals. Having just rained prior to my ride, I never
had even one pedal slip while on this nite ride. Wherever I wanted my
feet, they were. These pedals rock.

A fear about purchasing the KH cranks was with hitting my heels on the
little nub at the end of each crank. A common problem for many. Over
the entire 55 minute ride, my heels never once hit on the crank nubs.
I am one happy kiddo.

As for the ride, it was a double thumbs-up, hip-hip-horay ride.
Combining the softness of the seat with the forgiveness of the 3"
Duro, I was in complete comfort. I was able to mount, ride foreward
and backward, hop sideways, do several 5 second "still" balances,
idel, spin and ride up and down curbs. It really felt like this Muni
had been my unicycle forever.

My greatest feat with my new Muni. Being able to sideways hop, on my
first attempt, up and onto a 4" high sidewalk. I landed, then within
4 feet, promply fell to the right. On my next attempt, I landed
perfect and rode away. I am so excited, I can hop up onto
something!!! Yes, the sidewalk is low, and a huge landing surface,
but I can hop, nevertheless. Wipppppeeeee!!! BTW, this was my first
attempt ever at hopping up onto something. Riding down my driveway
and over the 4" limb were also highlights of this inaugural ride. A
non-unicycle highlight, seeing the planet Mars, very close and
beautiful, on my first Muni ride.


Thanks for letting me share the thoughts from my inital ride. Sorry
it is so long, but I am so excited. Now, I gotta go to bed.

Anybody want to help me name my new Muni? --chirokid-- *


Ah- new toys for you too!!! I feel exactly the way you do tonight after
getting my new Coker!


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GizmoDuck - Cokernut

"I'll be there with bells on!"
Tony on the NZUni weekend

"right thats it im dressing up like a woman!"
James on the NZuni weekend

"If not for a weird inner ear condition that prevents me from crossing
the equator, I'd be there too."
JJuggle- the most original excuse not to attend the NZUni weekend

"At least if someone hurts themselves, Ken should be able to fix them up
with brain surgery on the spot if he brings a scalpel and some
bandages."
Rowan- on my surgical skills
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chirokid, congrats buddy....I'm stoked for ya!!!!

Time to bust up the streets of Gatlinburg with a one wheeled urban
assualt!!


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zod wrote:
*chirokid, congrats buddy....I'm stoked for ya!!!!

Time to bust up the streets of Gatlinburg with a one wheeled urban
assualt!! *


Let's go for it Zod. Are you headed this way today? My family and I
are going to Cades Cove to ride our bikes around the 11 mile loop, then
ride around on our unicycles in the campground afterward.

BTW, a miracle just happened. My wife said, "Since all three of our
girls have unicycles, I'm going to learn now too!" Yippeee. Time to go
find that short seat post for the ol' Schwinn. --chirokid--


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chirokid

"Unicycling can make you proud then humble in very quick succession."
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chirokid wrote:
BTW, a miracle just happened. My wife said, "Since all three of our
girls have unicycles, I'm going to learn now too!"

Woo hoo!

I managed to get my missus riding a couple of yards before she got
pregnant with Jenny, but she hasn't tried riding since. I'm hoping that
once both our kids are riding (we've only got one so far, but are
planning one more), the same thing will happen.

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"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 08:54:27 -0500, chirokid
wrote:

BTW, a miracle just happened.

A new MUni described only in superlatives. And then a nice miracle to
top it off and make you (plural) a unicycling family. That is
absolutely great!

Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
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I go a sort of ok speed on my Coker... - Roger Davies

Speaking of new uni's, does anyone know when the Onza trials will
arrive? I ordered it about July 24, and it said it was out of stock, but
then there was a post that said something like they were shipped on the
25th, and I just bleeping can't -wait- anymore!!!!!!!!!
Okay, now I've calmed down a bit. But I really want it to come. So when
should I expect it if it was shipped on the 25th?


--
James_Potter - Order of Merlin, first class

-"We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided."

--Albus Dumbledore-
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Don't appologize for the "long" post. It reads with the enthusiasm with
which it was written!

chirokid wrote:
*I am in love with my new Muni...

...I am one happy kiddo...

...As for the ride, it was a double thumbs-up, hip-hip-horay ride...

...I am so excited, I can hop up onto something!!!...

...Wipppppeeeee!!!...

--chirokid-- *


...but it took care of my 265 pounds with no complaints.

Say goodbye to 10% or more of yourself.




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Mantra: Avoid Hitting Tailbone...Avoid Hitting Tailbone...
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harper wrote:
*

I can imagine that she hasn't tried riding since, if it caused her to
become pregnant. *


I thought the same thing, but I wasn't about to say a word. Glad you
did though.

My wife practiced some more today, I hope shes not pregnant now.
Sheezzz. --chirokid--


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chirokid

"Unicycling can make you proud then humble in very quick succession."
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Chiro- Congratulations on your new Beast. I am sure we will be hearing
many new stories from your future outings as you discover all the new
things your new Uni will allow you to do. I also have a few long
weekends scheduled through the fall so mabe we will make it up that way
and we can ride. I am definitely going to the Nantahala for the Fall
Festival the last weekend in October. I will definitely be bringing my
Muni.


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bugman - Equilibrium Challenged

"Trying to maintain balance by wild arm and body motions is something
like trying to balance a wet noodle"
Jack Wiley _The_Unicycle_Book_
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