Vintage Unicycle
04-16-09, 05:11 PM
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Vintage Unicycle
To paraphrase the Grateful Dead, it's been a long, strange trip - but I finally have the unicycle that kpug505 sent me last fall up and going. The riding skill came back to me in pretty short order (it's like riding a bicycle 
), but I definitely lost a bit of my former talent.
I'm now the first kid on my block to have one - just like the summer before 7th grade.
Thanks friend, and someday when I can corner "z", I'll get a little video posted, just so you know I'm not fibbing.
p.s. - those old Schwinn 20" rims came in several sizes. It was quite a challenge getting the right one, or else this post would have been made a couple months ago. Fortunately, my good relations with my LBS kept me from going broke playing the guessing game. Treat those friends of yours at the LBS right, and the karma will probably come back around.
), but I definitely lost a bit of my former talent.I'm now the first kid on my block to have one - just like the summer before 7th grade.
Thanks friend, and someday when I can corner "z", I'll get a little video posted, just so you know I'm not fibbing.
p.s. - those old Schwinn 20" rims came in several sizes. It was quite a challenge getting the right one, or else this post would have been made a couple months ago. Fortunately, my good relations with my LBS kept me from going broke playing the guessing game. Treat those friends of yours at the LBS right, and the karma will probably come back around.
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Can't wait for the vid....How 'bout a pic of that thing in it's cleaned up state? It was pretty rough....
04-17-09, 06:36 AM
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What kind of uni is it and where are the photos?
I recently spotted a Miyata Giraffe (a 6-footer) at the flea market, I knew it was a great deal but fortunately I can recall how it feels to bail out from up there, so I passed.
I recently spotted a Miyata Giraffe (a 6-footer) at the flea market, I knew it was a great deal but fortunately I can recall how it feels to bail out from up there, so I passed.
04-17-09, 07:29 AM
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This is a Schwinn with a lowly, garden variety 20" wheel. I didn't go to great pains to clean it up, so it doesn't look brand new. Hopefully kpug505 won't be too disappointed.
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I've got an 80s Schwinn 24" with a nice blue anodized Araya rim, I'm looking for a nice fat tire to fill the huge space between the fork blades.
