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Unicycle: Custom 24" x 3"

Frame: Custom design and build
Tire: 24 x 3" Gazz
Hub: Suzue
Cranks: 170mm Straight Shaft Black Widows
Rim: Alex 24" double wide rim

Review/Comments

Peter in our club has designed this excellent frame and is currently testing a prototype. It rides great and adds some awesome features like a custom designed seat mounting bracket, double layer air seach using Roach's seat cover, the seat shock and of course the brakes.

Its rides and feels just like the hunter but of course a lot softer with all the extra suspension. Riding through the rough has a whole new meaning as I have been able to stabily RIDE (not hop!) over logs and roots up to 4 inches high without getting launched out of the saddle even if you are completely sitting down. This thing is super fun to ride especially in the rough and on wicket downhills. The brake is great for the steeps and acts quite smooth. It is mounted up very high under the seat handle so is easier to operate while holding the seat at the same time.

The seat is a great piece of work as well. Typically, the Miyata seat has a post dead center that rams pressure through the seat frame up to the rider when bumps are hit. This design uses a custom frame to cradle the seat in place and only attaches at the ends of the seat where the bumpers and handles are. This actually strengthens the seat a lot (you can remove the metal sheet in the Miyata seat) and it makes it so the whole seat is sturdier as far as bending goes and a lot softer since it can bend a bit in its cradle. The handle for hopping is also attached right onto the seat with the cradle frame so it no longer bends the entire seat up when you yank on it to huck something huge.

Anyway, we'll get more information about this custom design once Peter is finished with his prototypes and hopefully he will have a something that people can buy once he is satisfied with things and some of you want an awesome unicycle for a very affordable price when compared to what else is out there!

Unicycle: Hunter 24" x 3"

Frame: Hunter
Tire: 24 x 3" Gazz
Hub: Profile

Review/Comments

This wheel is about 1 year old here, and ridden a LOT!!!

As far as a review goes. You definitley get what you pay for with one of these beasts because it has taken tons of abuse and punishment with really no problems whatsoever. The only weak part has been the seat, the Miyata has a thin metal (or should I say tin) sheet that is there to give some extra support I guess. I broke this after 2 months of riding and replaced it with 1/8" steel and have since cranked and replaced that one twice as well. I'll soon have something stronger though... Since it is still the original seat, it has actually held up sorprisingly well for plastic even though it is now quite weak and flimsy.

Overall, the profile hub and cranks are unbeatable! (They never come loose, seem super strong and have take tons of drops over and over perfectly. The fat tire is awesome for off-roading and trials, the sun rim is still perfectly true, the frame is still rock solid and pedals are huge platform (and pinned) pedals so really keep your feet in place. Overall, a top of the line muni.

Unicycle: Miyata 24" x 1.75"

Frame: Miyata Deluxe
Tire: 24 x 1.75"
Hub: Suzue

Review/Comments

I rode this Miyata for everything for about 3 years. I am quite surprised how will it lastest. I went through several sets of cranks on it, but the hub, axel, rim and even the pedals are all in perfect shape still. I have had to re-true the wheel a couple of times but it was minor enough that it probably didn't weaken it.

This unicycle is typically used for basic travelling and it is excellent for freestyle tricks and very light. It is super easy to control and rides perfectly straight since it is quite narrow. I rode this for several years as my muni believe it or not and I started getting into trials using it as well. Now I only use it for practising new freestyle moves and of course for unicycle hockey!

Unicycle: Miyata 20" x 1.75"

Frame: Miyata Deluxe
Tire: 20 x 1.75"
Hub: Suzue

Unicycle: Semcycle 26" x 1.75"

Frame: Semcycle Deluxe
Tire: 26 x 1.75"
Hub: Semcycle Deluxe

Review/Comments

Well this is my commuter until I can get a gear hub to make a real speed demon. I think I would break a Coker much too fast since I can't resist hoping over obstacles and my ride to work is all offroad (fairly easy though). Anyway, the larger wheel and short cranks make this thing quite fast.

I have used this semcycle for lots of off-road trail riding as well if things are fairly flat and I want to still cover lots of distance. Its a very strong setup and very comfortable to ride for long distances. There are tons of new semcycles available now as well for off-roading with bigger frames for fat tires.

Unicycle: 20" Ultimate Wheel

Frame: none
Tire: 20 x 1.75"
Hub: 3/4" plywood

Review/Comments

I just had to try an ultimate wheel for myself so I ended up building this one to learn. It is simply a cut out sheet of plywood hammered inside the rim and screwed in place from the spoke holes. The cranks are bolted through the plywood and steel plates (for more strength) together back to back and pedals in them. It is probably heavier than it should be because of the steel plates but it is nice and narrow.

Supposedly it is easier to ride if it is narrower but I have yet to master it. I have done about 50' on it a few times but that was quite random with good scrapes shins and calfs afterwards! I learn it for good on of these days and then I'll have to build a bigger, lighter one.