New 36" tire and Two 36" Rims Announced By UDC

[Brian O.]

For those of you not following the "Exciting news for 36" enthusiasts" thread, Roger of UDC UK has announced a new 36" tire and two new 36" rims!

Originally Posted by rogeratunicycledotcom

Attention fellow commuters! During the past year, your worldwide Unicycle.com team has been developing a new tire and rim for all 36-inch unicycles. We have some exciting new products to announce that are coming to Unicycle.com’s world-wide in the next few weeks!

The Nightrider, our new 36-inch tire, has an innovative, cross-cut tread pattern that offers a huge improvement in performance and control. The 2-ply construction makes it the lightest-available 36-inch tire on the market and it’s rated to a whopping 65 PSI!

We’ve also developed two new 36" rims, the Stealth and Stealth Pro, both of which have a hardened-aluminium box-section that offers considerable weight savings and better performance over previous
products.

The Stealth Pro, which is standard on the Nimbus 36-inch unicycle, has a machined braking surface and spoke-nipple eyelets. The Stealth model, which is standard on the UDC 36-inch unicycle, does not include the machined braking surface or spoke-nipple eyelets.

All UDC/Nimbus unicycles will include with 14 gauge stainless steel spokes. Specifications:

The Nimbus Nightrider 36" tire

• Size: 36 x 2.25 inches, to fit 787mm rim
• Construction: 2-ply
• Pressure rating: 35 - 65PSI (250-450kpa)
• Tread pattern: cross-cut block style - great for both road and trail riding.
• Weight 1660g

The Nimbus Stealth Pro Rim

• Width: wide (38mm) for stability
• Spoke holes: 36, 14 gauge
• Size: ISO 787mm
• Material: high-quality 6061-T6 aluminium
• Construction: double-wall
• Finish: hard, black anodised with CNC-machined braking surfaces
• Colour: black
• Nipple eyelets: stainless steel for better wheel tension
• Weight: 1116g

The Nimbus Stealth Rim

• Width: wide (38mm) for stability
• Spoke holes: 36, 14 gauge
• Size: ISO 787mm
• Material: high-quality 6061-T6 aluminium
• Construction: double-wall
• Finish: hard, black anodised
• Colour: black
• Eyelets: none
• Weight: 1116g


Basically the best thing since sliced bread! :-)

Roger

[MuniAddict]

I'm wondering about the tread life on that new, lighter tire compared to the beefier TA tire. I have found the TA to be a great tire for both distance riding on paved roads, and offroad as well. I can see hardly any wear after many hundreds of miles so far.

[ntappin]

Will that tire fit on airfoils?

Wow these are 30 grams lighter than my drilled rim...

[XCcrev]

Originally Posted by ntappin

Will that tire fit on airfoils?

yeah it should however the coker beaded tire does not according to UDC

[Borgschulze]

Originally Posted by ntappin

Wow these are 30 grams lighter than my drilled rim...

What rim is that? I'm assuming Airfoil drilled rim?

[lpounds]

I guess I sprung for my 36er a month too soon.

[GizmoDuck]

A question for Roger...

How does the quality and strength of the casing and bead compare with the previous Coker and TA tyres? Is it made in that same factory?

I know I've destroyed three sets of Coker Tyres because they do not tolerate going tubeless very well. I had no problems with my first tubeless set-up, but subsequently I've blown up the beads and casings of three Coker tyres.

The new rim/tyre combo with a tubeless set-up would make an awesomely lightweight wheelset.

Ken

[feel the light]

Ya gotta love the wear on the TA tire. Mine looks almost new at 1000 ish miles. So here in flat snowless ville, the new tire looks cool, but it may take me 10 or so years to wear out the TA. The new tire looks good though.

The rims look good.

Now we have 3 brands of 36" tires. Why oh why won't someone make a 42 or bigger?

It's gonna happen, sell huge, and make manufactures scratch their heads and say, "well, that was easy."

[lpounds]

So very true. I like my 36er but I can't see what wouldn't be better about a bigger wheel, as long as it is a pneumatic tire. Why is 42" the next logical size btw?

[GizmoDuck]

Originally Posted by feel the light

Now we have 3 brands of 36" tires. Why oh why won't someone make a 42 or bigger?

It's gonna happen, sell huge, and make manufactures scratch their heads and say, "well, that was easy."

I think it's better to have a good choice of 36" tyres. It's a much more versatile wheel size for most terrain. 42" is going to get pretty heavy and unwieldy. You would need to make a very good rim and tyre for it to be worthwhile.

[unijuul]

Very good news!


Has the new tire some bigger circumference? A couple of cm because of the new tread pattern?

[onebyone]

Lets be patient. New ground is being broken all the time and who would have thought the 36" unicycles would have come so far in a few years. Have you seen a production 36 MTB yet?
It is a bloody long way down if you fall off though but I am prepared.

[maestro8]

Originally Posted by MuniAddict

I'm wondering about the tread life on that new, lighter tire compared to the beefier TA tire.

I'm looking for a new tire (and maybe even rim) for the Uninam tour. I'd be more than happy to give it a 500km road test if Roger were willing to ship one to me at a cut rate

[BoojiBoy]

And incidentally, the old steel rims that were stock on the Nimbus 36" are gone forever. It's all airfoil all the time now.

[Brian O.]

Originally Posted by BoojiBoy

And incidentally, the old steel rims that were stock on the Nimbus 36" are gone forever. It's all airfoil all the time now.

Good riddance.