carjug
2003-08-18, 03:57 PM
It's just a unicycle, a very "nice", quick, well made unicycle. It is not a Coker nor is it the hard-core muni with a three inch Gazz tire, it's just a uni.
This little story began on a construction site in Deep Gap North Carolina. A homeowner was terribly behind schedule, his lead carpenter had more projects than he could handle, and I was looking for steady work. The lead guy and I hit it off and I got this uni and a nail gun as a bonus, but I had to wait until the bank gave the homeowner back his credit card! No biggie, it rained here all summer anyhow.
Jack, the homeowner, ordered this uni from uni.com, and it showed up a week later in a very light-weight box. We put it together, watched a movie in Jack's personal high-tech theatre, then a juggling club member, Jamie, and myself went outside to ride the Pashley and my Coker down the mountain. I rode the Coker, Jamie rode the Pashley; I made it most of the way down without tumbling and Jamie got her very first taste of off road.
Then it rained. We got lost. It was a blast.
A week later I took the unis to a hard packed gravel road and compared them. I rode the Pashley first for three miles, and found myself hitting every pothole just to liven things up. Next I got on the Coker and flew with the wind in my hair. Score one for The Coker. Then it rained.
I wanted to try the Pashley on a trail, but they were all soaked, so I rode it on the town sidewalks, It excelled at this, It was so quick, and the drops I usually avoid became enjoyable. It may sound hoaky, but this was an excellent sidewalk machine!
The monsoon finally abated, and I got to hit the mountain bike trails. The first time was frustrating, but I found myself unable to think of anything but doing it again! The next time I managed to stay on a little better, and took some runs at full speed. It was more fun than the Coker on these trails because it was easier to freemount, and I wasn't smacking my head on every low limb.
No Gazzy tire though, No tank tread under my feet.
SCALE OF ONE TO TEN
VALUE-8, it's a little pricey, but you get what you pay for.
HARD CORE MUNI-3
TRAILS AND SIDEWALKS-9 I'd love to see what Sofa could do on this!
I have a feeling the engineers at Pashley saw the Nanoraptor tire and decided to do us riders a favor. They made an affordable high quality uni, slapped the tire on it, and told us to try it out. It will take us to the trails, then let us enjoy them as long as we don't try to hug the edges of cliffs.
If I was buying a muni again I would get this one, it suits me well, and I'm sure it is preferable to anything with a 2x26 inch tire. If you want a Gazzy tire on your Muni, then this isn't for you. This isn't a Coker. If I had to choose, I would keep the Coker.
carjug
This little story began on a construction site in Deep Gap North Carolina. A homeowner was terribly behind schedule, his lead carpenter had more projects than he could handle, and I was looking for steady work. The lead guy and I hit it off and I got this uni and a nail gun as a bonus, but I had to wait until the bank gave the homeowner back his credit card! No biggie, it rained here all summer anyhow.
Jack, the homeowner, ordered this uni from uni.com, and it showed up a week later in a very light-weight box. We put it together, watched a movie in Jack's personal high-tech theatre, then a juggling club member, Jamie, and myself went outside to ride the Pashley and my Coker down the mountain. I rode the Coker, Jamie rode the Pashley; I made it most of the way down without tumbling and Jamie got her very first taste of off road.
Then it rained. We got lost. It was a blast.
A week later I took the unis to a hard packed gravel road and compared them. I rode the Pashley first for three miles, and found myself hitting every pothole just to liven things up. Next I got on the Coker and flew with the wind in my hair. Score one for The Coker. Then it rained.
I wanted to try the Pashley on a trail, but they were all soaked, so I rode it on the town sidewalks, It excelled at this, It was so quick, and the drops I usually avoid became enjoyable. It may sound hoaky, but this was an excellent sidewalk machine!
The monsoon finally abated, and I got to hit the mountain bike trails. The first time was frustrating, but I found myself unable to think of anything but doing it again! The next time I managed to stay on a little better, and took some runs at full speed. It was more fun than the Coker on these trails because it was easier to freemount, and I wasn't smacking my head on every low limb.
No Gazzy tire though, No tank tread under my feet.
SCALE OF ONE TO TEN
VALUE-8, it's a little pricey, but you get what you pay for.
HARD CORE MUNI-3
TRAILS AND SIDEWALKS-9 I'd love to see what Sofa could do on this!
I have a feeling the engineers at Pashley saw the Nanoraptor tire and decided to do us riders a favor. They made an affordable high quality uni, slapped the tire on it, and told us to try it out. It will take us to the trails, then let us enjoy them as long as we don't try to hug the edges of cliffs.
If I was buying a muni again I would get this one, it suits me well, and I'm sure it is preferable to anything with a 2x26 inch tire. If you want a Gazzy tire on your Muni, then this isn't for you. This isn't a Coker. If I had to choose, I would keep the Coker.
carjug