Lyte Ryder/Wilder MUni frame meets Magura – DONE!

[teachndad]

Fellow MUni riders,

I am proud to say we have done it! Together with masterful design and precision craftsmanship by Scott Wallis, we have modified an aluminum Lyte Ryder/Wilder fork by welding on brake mounts that are compatible with Magura HS33 brakes. This project was very recently completed.

I introduce the Uber MUni aka Purple Passion. In the image below, the frame and wheel set are mine. The seat , seatpost, brake set, and pedals are Scott’s.

More pix on the development are available at
http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Wilder-brake-project

[teachndad]

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[john_childs]

Help! Stop me before I slap a Barney sticker on your frame.

Seriously, that's going to be a nice muni. Light is nice. My muni is a tank in comparison. I have never weighed my muni, but it's probably almost 17 pounds when I add the brake.

I see that you (or Scott) decided not to use the brake booster. A brake booster really shouldn't be needed with the style of brake mount you're using. Unicycles don't need to lock up the brakes like a trials bike. The only concern I'd have with the aluminum frame is the brake flex causing the welds to crack. Aluminum doesn't like flexing as much as steel.

[daino149]

Wow, if I ever stumble on a couple extra thousand dollars, I know what I want! Seriously, how much do you have invested in the purple monster?

Daniel

[Tmornstar]

Rod,

This is SO beautiful. Congratulations.

Tommy

[Krashin'Kenny]

Scott brought it along to show it off when we did our last MUni ride. That is indeed a beautiful machine. Scott also showed me a pair of his brake mounts and they are a work of art.

[U-Turn]

Looks great, Rod. I, like the others, will be keen to hear progress reports if you will make them!

[Frank A.]

Rod,
Congratulations! It's been a long time coming, huh? It looks like it was certainly worth the wait. Good luck with it, Scott did a beautiful job.

Scott,
Amazing! I loved the gallery.

- Frank

[elmer]

This is way above average work, boys!

Now I see why you didn't want to jack my thread.

I think I would use the booster, more out of paranoia probably. On the other hand, how will you know what will happen unless you try?

[S_Wallis]

Thanks for the positive comments! It was a lot of work but Rod was great to work with, through email and phone calls. His enthusiasm made it fun. Some of you may be thinking the process outlined in the gallery looked like overkill but that is just the way I work and I wanted to make it a repeatable process. I will at least be doing it on mine, and if anyone else is interested I will be glad talk to them about doing it.
I don't know if Rod will use the booster or not. I don't anticipate any problems with the frame, but it is uncharted territory so we will see.

My first muni ride after my surgery was on Rod’s new ride as soon as I got the brakes on it. It was quite a coincidence that that was the day I was suddenly healed enough to ride. I couldn’t believe how well they worked and how quickly I got used to using them. The Drastic Lightfoot hub and Kooka cranks felt really solid and his wheelset is .6 lb. lighter than my Profile/Sun Dblwide setup.

I think he is going to enjoy it.

Scott

[merrill]

Rod, Scott,

Looks great! Did you weigh it?

Joe

[S_Wallis]

Originally posted by merrill
Rod, Scott,

Looks great! Did you weigh it?

Joe

As pictured it weighed 15.06 lb. on my electronic scale. (See the last picture in the gallery)
We will get it under 15 just to make it sound better.
Rod will reply late tonight.

Scott

[tomblackwood]

Sweeet! That is one fine looking ride.

[gerblefranklin]

That looks great! Hey Scott, Downiville again ? A brake ought to make it extra nice. I wonder, could someone make a less than 15 pound muni with profiles and a magura and a non-aluminum frame? That ought to be a challenge. I don't like al. as a frame, so I myself would probably still ride steel. With that in mind, someday I wish to make my muni less than 15lbs with a magura, gazz or Intense 3.0, profiles, and a steel frame. That ought to be a real challenge. CF spokes here I come (just kidding, one hit and the things break!). Is the afore-mentioned weight challenge impossible?

John: Kris said his KH pro muni weighed 16.4lbs with brake in one of his old galleries. My Yuni with a KH seat and profiles and a dx-32 and intense 24x3.0 DH is a bit less than 15 lbs. Mabey I could cut some weight by eliminating 12 spokes .

[john_childs]

Originally posted by gerblefranklin
John: Kris said his KH pro muni weighed 16.4lbs with brake in one of his old galleries. My Yuni with a KH seat and profiles and a dx-32 and intense 24x3.0 DH is a bit less than 15 lbs. Mabey I could cut some weight by eliminating 12 spokes .

I don't have my muni outfit with low weight as the highest priority. I use a heavy Intense DH tube that weighs around 19 oz. It's not a light tube. I could save weight by using a lighter tube, but I don't want the increased risk of pinch flats. I also use steel carriage bolts in the seat. I could save weight by using aluminum bolts in the seat. More weight could be saved by switching to a lighter tire like the Duro tire instead of the Gazz. I like my muni the way it is. I don't mind the extra weight.

Here's the gallery with the weight of the KH Pro with Profile cranks and other fancy bits. Bronson Silva's muni weight gallery. The gallery is on Webshots.com.