Did you ever ride on sport court flooring?

JustOneWheel · 2007-05-04, 03:00 AM

Any tread marks left behind after the ride?

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Adam

mornish · 2007-05-04, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by JustOneWheel

Any tread marks left behind after the ride?

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Adam

like the would planking in basketball court gyms?

Ive ridden my frestyle unicycle, trials unicycle, and a coker in gyms

they dont mark,

saskatchewanian · 2007-05-04, 06:06 AM

I rode my trials with a luna all over a dance floor at a wedding. it did not mark.

the Luna does have a relatively hard compound for a trials tire so I don't know if a softer compound tire would mark.

brendan · 2007-05-04, 07:03 AM

my try-all sticky didnt do any marks. Nor did my onza sticky fingers

I like sticky tyres ehehe

as long as the tyre is clean it'll be fine.

kington99 · 2007-05-04, 09:21 AM

I rode my creepy crawler and duro on wood gym floors and rubberised sports hallf loors, they both marked both of them quite heavily.

elastoplastscavenger · 2007-05-04, 10:04 AM

my cheap ebay uni comes with the most marking rubber i have ever come across, worse than any shoes or bike tyres i have ever had. i think its very soft due to the levels of grip and wear rate etc...

nickjb · 2007-05-04, 12:50 PM

Some tyres mark, others don't. Trials tyres tend to be the worse, especially when they are new. There are lots of non marking specific tyres available but they are usually pretty slick. White ones tend to be the best as they are more obviously non-marking to any sceptical gym owners.

JustOneWheel · 2007-05-04, 12:56 PM

I appreciate all your feedback!
I will put them all through the test

Adam

Loosemoose · 2007-05-04, 04:01 PM

In my experience the more expensive or older the tyre, the less likely it is to mark. Black tyres mark worst, and some similar compound coloured freestyle tyres (e.g green) are reputedly marking as well, although not from what I've seen.

Something else to note is that the cheap £2.50 black pedals you get on ebay unicycles, and that UDC sell, are also marking, so in a heavy dismount you may get thin lines where a pedal has slid along the floor.

In our hockey sessions we recommend a non marking tyre, but we always check before the session and know the old tyres don't mark. Afterwards we run around and rub any marks away with our trainers. With 8 of you doing it it takes no time and the marks are pretty obvious to spot.

Loose.

2007-05-04, 03:00 AM	#1
JustOneWheel Every One Should Ride One Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Long Island N.Y. Age: 46 Posts: 520	Did you ever ride on sport court flooring? Any tread marks left behind after the ride? Any feedback would be appreciated. Adam __________________ HAVE FUN ON ONE! justonewheel.com

2007-05-04, 06:06 AM	#3
saskatchewanian ERIC P Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denare Beach, Saskatchewan, Canada Age: 27 Posts: 5,244	I rode my trials with a luna all over a dance floor at a wedding. it did not mark. the Luna does have a relatively hard compound for a trials tire so I don't know if a softer compound tire would mark. __________________ My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. - Jack Layton

2007-05-04, 09:21 AM	#5
kington99 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Warwickshire, UK Age: 27 Posts: 4,786	I rode my creepy crawler and duro on wood gym floors and rubberised sports hallf loors, they both marked both of them quite heavily. __________________ Dave - what a thoroughly post-modern subversion of the cycling genre -

2007-05-04, 12:50 PM	#7
nickjb Too gnaaaar for a KH20 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bristol (UK not CT) Posts: 512	Some tyres mark, others don't. Trials tyres tend to be the worse, especially when they are new. There are lots of non marking specific tyres available but they are usually pretty slick. White ones tend to be the best as they are more obviously non-marking to any sceptical gym owners. __________________ Severn Wheelers. Bristol's best (and only) unicycle hockey club Wednesdays, 8:30. All welcome

2007-05-04, 12:56 PM	#8
JustOneWheel Every One Should Ride One Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Long Island N.Y. Age: 46 Posts: 520	Thank You for your time! I appreciate all your feedback! I will put them all through the test Adam __________________ HAVE FUN ON ONE! justonewheel.com Last edited by JustOneWheel; 2007-05-04 at 12:57 PM.

2007-05-04, 07:03 AM	#4
brendan Unicycling = trials Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: UK - Cambridge/Canterbury Age: 23 Posts: 2,184	my try-all sticky didnt do any marks. Nor did my onza sticky fingers I like sticky tyres ehehe as long as the tyre is clean it'll be fine.

2007-05-04, 10:04 AM	#6
elastoplastscavenger Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: glasgow,scotchland Posts: 62	my cheap ebay uni comes with the most marking rubber i have ever come across, worse than any shoes or bike tyres i have ever had. i think its very soft due to the levels of grip and wear rate etc...

2007-05-04, 04:01 PM	#9
Loosemoose Coco... thanks guys. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Oxfordshire, England, UK Age: 27 Posts: 1,024	In my experience the more expensive or older the tyre, the less likely it is to mark. Black tyres mark worst, and some similar compound coloured freestyle tyres (e.g green) are reputedly marking as well, although not from what I've seen. Something else to note is that the cheap £2.50 black pedals you get on ebay unicycles, and that UDC sell, are also marking, so in a heavy dismount you may get thin lines where a pedal has slid along the floor. In our hockey sessions we recommend a non marking tyre, but we always check before the session and know the old tyres don't mark. Afterwards we run around and rub any marks away with our trainers. With 8 of you doing it it takes no time and the marks are pretty obvious to spot. Loose. __________________ Vice President - Southampton University Circus Society "Come on you target for far away laughter, come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine..." - Pink Floyd

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