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corbin;1151892 wrote:
That's sweet! do you you have more pictures? I may want to replicate
that style. What is it made of? Where did you get the pieces from?

corbin



Corbin, here are some pics of those handlebars that Pete made for
Florian Green. There should be enough detail so that you can figure out
the construction technique. I included a comparison with the handlebars
I currently use side by side with these alternate handlebars. It gives
you an idea how close to the seat the grips would be. When I was test
riding the alternate bars I found that the main handlebar tubing that
extended back toward the seat interfered with my thighs. As you can
see, the grips (Power Studs!!!) that mounted to that tubing, mount very
close to the stem. Therefore there is a lot of extra tubing could be
cut off. You'd then have tube ends near the stem cross piece that can
still gouge your thighs. My current bars have relatively nice and round
ends that attach to the stem cross piece. At times my thighs do bump
into them, but not much and the ends are round enough that it never
hurts. If I were to mount the Power Studs to my current handlebars I
would weld on two short lengths of tubing, pointing towards the seat, to
the stem crosspiece closer in to the vertical stem peice. Does that
make sense? If not, I could take another picture with a mock up.
Hope this helps.

Geoff


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GizmoDuck;1153131 wrote:
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Your V-frame is by far the
best solution for a road unicycle. .... Lowering your position improves
power and weight distribution (less on your butt), and stability (lower
centre of gravity).

It makes no sense to make longer and longer things sticking out from
the fork. I hope unicycle manufacturers ditch the single fork design
and make something like a V-frame. It wouldn't be too hard to modify
the existing say, a Nimbus 36" frame, into a V-frame. Just widen the
angle and stick a seat tube on the front fork. Then you'd be able to
use a normal bike stem and bar.

It's a project I'm working on early next year.



Ken,
having ridden Florian Green 1000+ km I agree that it is a very nice
ride. The bars are very strong and stable. It weighs in at just about
19 lbs (including Schlumpf) which I think is just a tad heavier than
Brycer1968's uni with his long handlebars, arm rests and no Schlumpf.
No uni is perfect at everything, though. If I were raise any issue it
would be that the forward hoop, to which the handlebars are mounted, do
interfere slightly with my knees. For the first couple weeks my knees
would get dinged by that hoop. I quickly learned to adjust my riding
style and since then it hasn't been a problem. But I know from riding
my previous unicycles that when I get spinning fast I like to tuck in my
knees closer to midline. I can't do that on this setup. I don't think
it slows me down though.
What can be learned from this is that the angle of the two hoops that
make up the "V" can make a significant difference. If you were to
decrease the angle of separation between these two hoops (bring that
forward hoop back towards the seat) then you could reduce or eliminate
knee bonking. The drawback of this is that the handlebars have to reach
out farther forward, which weakens them. Kind of like the T7.
Everything is a bit of a trade off.

Geoff


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If one has longer legs, it might be possible on the V frame to set the
bar stem a bit higher for knee clearance, and have the bars angled down
a bit, to a lower hand position.

Just remember that the V can suffer the same issue as regular bar
setups, if you don't make the V angle wide enough, you'll still have
alot of handlebar running forward from the mount stem.

I just think the V-frame offers many positional possibilities, such
that a production version of the frame could accomodate alot of
aftermarket bar designs. Plus we could fix the tube ID on both ends to
a (relatively) standard 27.2mm.

This is just the sort of innovative product that a company like Nimbus
could offer. The same tubing and finishes could be used. It would take
the Nightrider frame and up the ante even more!


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Sounds pretty cool! Maybe one could even make a cf v-frame somehow? The
tubes would probably have to be a little wider than the Nimbus ones, and
it would get a little more expensive. The crowns would be difficult to
do too, I guess.


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This is my simple handlebar setup.
I put an old 20" unicycle frame on a KH rail adaptor.
Some handlebar tape and the frame is bent together.


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Geoff! Those pictures are *very* helpful. I'm working on some new
handlebar designs, and I may use some of those ideas. I'll try to post
info to here later.

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dangerdog;1144646 wrote:
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[image:
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I wanted to make just the same bar, can you please send me some
measurements (in cm) from this nice work?


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I don't like having penis written all over my uni .



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corbin;1156344 wrote:
Geoff! Those pictures are *very* helpful. I'm working on some new
handlebar designs, and I may use some of those ideas. I'll try to post
info to here later.
corbin



Corbin, let me know if you need other detailed pictures or info on
materials etc. Of course you can also ask Pete (unisk8r). He made
them, after all, and would have more insight on how to build another
similar set.

Geoff


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Probailer2;1156544 wrote:
I wanted to make just the same bar, can you please send me some
measurements (in cm) from this nice work?



Hope this helps.

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Here is my original post.
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dangerdog;1156934 wrote:
Hope this helps.

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Here is my original post.
http://tinyurl.com/8qb757



Thanks, these drawings will do just fine.
Just found all the right material I need, so will be welding in about 3
days.
Keep you guys posted


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