Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Really Big Wheels

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o197/old_fool/bikes/womens_white_monster.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o197/old_fool/bikes/1281240278_cc8e5945c8.jpg
I'd ride the heck outta one.

what size are those? 900s?? OVER 9000????

(sorry interwebz meme reference)

36"

http://www.kiwibikes.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/39-inch.jpg?0

Want!...

Custom 36er mountain bike have been floating around for a few years now. Those who have ridden them on singletrack often come back saying something along the lines of "it rolls nice, but climbing is impossible." For a mountain bike application, at least, the consensus seems to be that it isn't really practical. Wheel strength and wheel weight seem to make it difficult to justify.

Also try finding a tube at your LBS!

http://www.kiwibikes.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/39-inch.jpg?0

Wow, me wanty!

i don't care...


to roll in that to da li kur sto must ROCK!...

http://www.kiwibikes.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/39-inch.jpg?0

I'd like to know more, please?

google and checking the root website gave me nothing...


damned ozzy's....

does it bar spinz?

For a mountain bike application, at least, the consensus seems to be that it isn't really practical.

Although as a road bike, it is quite the amusing ride.

http://www.teamnutztechnology.com/picgallery/rims/big/rims40.JPG

http://www.blacksheepbikes.com/
-> models
--> "out of step"
-- -> ZAMer

Compensating for something? ;)

http://www.teamnutztechnology.com/picgallery/rims/big/rims40.JPG

obviously... you're never heard of a donk... it's the tark version for the lowrider world...

http://www.xr-underground.com/forum/photopost/data//504/X-Donk.jpg
http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimages/377316/donk2.jpg
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8MKziX07SlQ/0.jpg
http://www.hiphopcars.com/cars/lime_donk_ride.jpg

i've seen worse...

Need one of those with a bike rack holding the OP's pictured bike.

Those bikes make everyone look like that little guy from The Princess Bride who says "Never start a land war in Asia!"

The rims, tires and tubes are made primarily by Coker. They're big (no pun intended) among distance unicyclists.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2195/3541584160_570d598e0c.jpg

"Distance unicyclists" What a beautiful world we live in.

The rims, tires and tubes are made primarily by Coker. They're big (no pun intended) among distance unicyclists.
[IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2195/3541584160_570d598e0c.jpg[IMG]

Now that you mention it... I was riding a paved trail earlier this year, and there was a guy on a unicycle with a huge wheel.

One of the programmers from Blurst went on a unicicyle ride from Kenya to Tanzania recently. Here's a tribesman chilling with his unicycle:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3311/3660371398_536215eaae.jpg

http://www.matthewwegner.com/tag/africa-2009/

The only way for a unicyclist to get into a higher gear is to get onto a higher wheel.

The only way for a unicyclist to get into a higher gear is to get onto a higher wheel.

Not true.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cygnus-software.com/papers/rtl/RTL%2520Blog%2520posting_files/image003.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cygnus-software.com/papers/rtl/index.htm&usg=__cZQRPTC56HZxywMnSHKD2Je6stI=&h=800&w=600&sz=110&hl=en&start=4&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=BW5P1Q8g_Cq4sM:&tbnh=143&tbnw=107&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgeared%2Bunicycle%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26tbs%3Disch:1

The link isn't working for me. However, I can disprove myself, too:

http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14707&stc=1&d=1156650541

Excerpt:
"Joe Myers rides a unicycle with a 36” wheel, which used to be the gold standard for long-distance riding. However in recent years it has become possible to buy geared unicycles. Building gears for a unicycle is tricky because you need to be able to pedal forwards and backwards, and there can be very little looseness in the drive-train when you switch from forwards to backwards. However these challenges have been overcome and it is possible to buy a hub with internal gearing that can switch from 1:1 to 1.5:1 mode with a click of the rider’s heel. This means that long-distance riders can choose between a 36” wheel with no gearing, a 29” wheel with a geared hub (in high gear this is equivalent to a 43.5” wheel), or a 36” wheel with a geared hub (in high gear this is equivalent to a 54” wheel). Some riders use ungeared 29” wheels, but it is very difficult to maintain a competitive speed because even a cadence (pedal revolutions per minute) of over 100 will only propel you at 14 km/h."

Enjoy

The rims, tires and tubes are made primarily by Coker. They're big (no pun intended) among distance unicyclists.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2195/3541584160_570d598e0c.jpg

The chick with the green boa is a man, man.

Enjoy

There's a dude in a blue prom gown and neon green beehive riding a unicycle with a 36" wheel and you spot the dude with the boa?

It was a drag race. I'm the one with the flag pole and pigtails.

As for geared unicycles: a few years ago Schlumpf adapted their two speed internally geared bottom bracket into a unicycle hub. It sells for around $900.

The chick with the green boa is a man, man.

Enjoy

Shaves legs == FG cyclist? (see: "The hardest part of riding FG" - thread)

There's a dude in a blue prom gown and neon green beehive riding a unicycle with a 36" wheel and you spot the dude with the boa?

Well yea, I was thinking; "Jesus that chick has a head the size of a truck".
And then I figured it out.

Enjoy