which unicycle?

[ctunicyclestar]

my friend is new to unicycling. He learnd on my old 20 inch. he now wants his own unicycle but doesnt know what kind of unicycling he wants to do. is there a good unicycle that u can do off road, distance and some freestyle tricks on?
thanks
heidi

[total uni]

kh 24

[markf]

GB4 muni frame, with a sturdy rim and cranks (maybe the onza/kh2k5 ones) and a 3" nokian. best all around uni. or a 29er with a knobby tire, you can do lots of light offroad and fast onroad with a 29er.

[total uni]

you cant do freestlye on a 29er.

[Catboy]

Originally posted by total uni
you cant do freestlye on a 29er.

Who says you cant? Its easy to wheelwalk a coker, and A 29"er wouldn't be bad coice at all...

[Catboy]

Originally posted by Catboy
Who says you cant? Its pretty easy to wheelwalk a coker, and A 29"er wouldn't be bad choice at all...

[total uni]

a unispin on a 29er would be murder!!!!! and thats a really high jump to hop on the tire.

[Catboy]

Originally posted by total uni
a unispin on a 29er would be murder!!!!! and thats a really high jump to hop on the tire.

A question Evan,
Have you ever ridden on a 29"er, or a 24"er or anything of that sort.

[total uni]

i have riden a 24" before but not a 29er but i do know that even on a 24" it is hard not to slaughter your knees

[Unitik908]

I had to learn all my freestyle on my 28 and i can wheel walk just fine on it a little crunched up but nothin to bad i got to go with a nice 26" or myabe a 24" but i am leaning twords 26"





POW

[jsm]

i have riden a 24" before but not a 29er but i do know that even on a 24" it is hard not to slaughter your knees
I'm not sure exactly what this means, but I do know that you can probably do every freestyle trick with the possible exception of cross over riding on a 24", provided you are not really short. Unispins on a 24" are very definately possible. I even heard that someone almost landed a coker unispin.

[darkp0is3n]

What is the price range he is looking for, I am recently new to unicycling and my LX is treating me pretty well, broke a pedal and tore the threads out of my crank arm recently, ordered new parts yesterday. But Torkers are definately decent unicycles, for a decent price.

[ctunicyclestar]

since he is new to unicycling and this is his first one, he is looking at under 200.

[darkp0is3n]

Then yeah, I would go with the Torker LX, but you can look on ebay and find a Torker DX for about 150.

[ctunicyclestar]

thanx for all the advise. he has a few hes really looking at.
thanx again
heidi