Finally got the stickers off my uni! (and a couple questions)

[UniTyler]

Originally posted by rogeratunicycledotcom
It is a pity you feel you have to totally scrub out the type of unicycle you own. I go to great effort to make the Unicycle.com unicycles the best available. They are not a generic unicycle branded up by a retailer; they are designed and specified by us with considerable years of experience. Then after all my effort you are not proud of what I have done. :-(
You could have saved yourself a whole pile of money and bought a Wallmart pile of junk. It wouldn't have lasted anytime at all, but there you go...
By the way the frame is already powder coated.

Roger (in a grumpy mood) :-)

Sorry about disappointing you Roger, I do love unicycle.com and am proud to own one of your unicycles. I just don't like a cluttered up unicycle. Oh yea, you obviously know a bunch about the unicycles you make, so I was wondering, my Nimbus X rim or tire or something is sort of wobbly (the tread wiggles about 3 millimeters every rotation) and I was wondering if this is normal or if I should get it straitened? Second, how does the Nimbus X compare to a Yuni freestyle, Nimbus II, and other "Expert Category" unicycles? Finally, do you think dust caps are good to have or should I live without them? My dumb LBS threw away my bent cranks and left the dust caps on them!!! How dumb....

Thanks,
Tyler

[maestro8]

Originally posted by rogeratunicycledotcom
It is a pity you feel you have to totally scrub out the type of unicycle you own. I go to great effort to make the Unicycle.com unicycles the best available.

Rog,

I have had a love affair with every unicycle / part shipped to me; all of them have been from your fine company. I, too, have removed the stickers from my unicycles, although I have placed a white on black uni.com sticker on my truck (thanks for the "extras" in the shipment!).

The stickers removed from my unis were of the "rainbow" on white variety, and honestly, these stickers do not appeal to me at all. Had they been a bit less "circus" and a bit more "street", the stickers may have remained on my frames. I have nothing against the font, but the rainbow-like color scheme screams "clown" and that's the last thing I want to see on my uni.

I realize that marketing and advertising are important for every company, but I was a bit appalled that such a nice shiny frame was hidden behind three large stickers! Perhaps a clear background, or a smaller sticker would stand a better chance of staying on your frames. The small emblem I see on tyler's unicycle is rather classy IMHO, and I'd be proud to be sporting one of these... I guess it's time to buy another uni just for the new emblem

That's my two and a half cents... half sense... half wit... er, opinion.

[rogeratunicycledotcom]

Originally posted by tylercox
Sorry about disappointing you Roger, I do love unicycle.com and am proud to own one of your unicycles.

That is nice to know, thanks. We are reviewing the logo's etc. on the unicycles but this does take time.

I just don't like a cluttered up unicycle. Oh yea, you obviously know a bunch about the unicycles you make, so I was wondering, my Nimbus X rim or tire or something is sort of wobbly (the tread wiggles about 3 millimeters every rotation) and I was wondering if this is normal or if I should get it straitened?

This is odd, should not happend, it sounds to me like the tyre is not seated properly. I would deflate the it fully, check underneath it to check the rim tape has not moved then re inflate checking that the tyre inflates properly. That should work I think.

Second, how does the Nimbus X compare to a Yuni freestyle, Nimbus II, and other "Expert Category" unicycles?

The Nimbus X has the same wheel set as the Nimbus II which consists of a 48 hole double wall eyeletted rim, stainless steel spokes and all fitted on a 48 hole wide flange hub. This basically makes the stongest and most rigid wheel set out there. They come with 114mm billet aluminium cranks, which again are some of the best cranks out there.... it has an aluminium seat post and KH saddle. Most of this is the same as the Nimbus II but the main difference is the frame that some people perfer, some do not.

Finally, do you think dust caps are good to have or should I live without them? My dumb LBS threw away my bent cranks and left the dust caps on them!!! How dumb....

I would recommend keeping them in to keep the thread good so that you can get the cranks off. There are some really nice ones that John sells which are branded as specialised.... I can not find them in this cart and I don't have a picture of them on our site.
http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=718. They are superb, they don't come out and keep the thread in good condition.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Roger (less grumpy today)

[loosejello]

I took the stickers off my Torker LX, and replaced them with some flame stickers I made at my old high school. Nothing against Torker, I just like it better that way. I think removing the stickers looks good, and clean. I would equate it to car people who take all the badges off their cars, especially the trunk lid.

[UniTyler]

Those are neat flame stickers! How did you make them? Bash me if there is some way to tell, but is that an LX or DX?

[loosejello]

It's an LX, as is seen by the square taper hub. My old high school has a vinyl sticker cutter, so I just found pictures of flames on the internet, imported them into the special software, did a little touching up, and hit print. A few minutes later, I had several custom made stickers!

[UniTyler]

Neato!!!