URGENT HELP NEEDED: Unicycle repair in NYC

hexacoto · 2012-03-02, 05:10 AM

So it finally happened, after 6-7 years, my Suzue hub snapped off. I'm thinking of getting a new Nimbus cotterless hub from UDC (no money for ISIS+new cranks, bearings etc) but I don't know if there are any shops in NYC that can spoke and true a unicycle wheel. I heard that bicycle stands for truing don't work with unicycles.

I'm flummoxed.

Or should I just get a new unicycle from unicyclist.com or UDC? I dunno.

Btw: It's urgent because I need to get a replacement in time for an event by next week.

CrazyJazy · 2012-03-02, 06:37 AM

I don't see why a bike shop can't build a uni wheel it's the same as a front bike wheel basically. As for truing stand you can get a thingymabobby from UDC that adapts a trying stand for a unicycle wheel. Trying is easy too I muck my bike wheels up all the time so I've had lots of practice

CrazyJazy · 2012-03-02, 06:47 AM

This is it on the UK site. I assume you can get one over in nyc too

http://www.unicycle.uk.com/unicycle-...d-adaptor.html

Sagitaur · 2012-03-02, 12:11 PM

You don't need a truing stand to build a unicycle wheel. I have a truing stand, but rather than buy something extra, I just used the unicycle frame and secured a small metal ruler to the frame with a rubber band so I could check to see that I was centering it and getting it true. It worked great for building the wheel.

BillyTheMountain · 2012-03-02, 09:32 PM

Some LBS don't like unicycles, feel uncomfortable with them.

If you still want to take it to a shop that does good work on uni, send me a PM.

Are you in Brooklyn?

2012-03-02, 05:10 AM	#1
hexacoto Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2	URGENT HELP NEEDED: Unicycle repair in NYC So it finally happened, after 6-7 years, my Suzue hub snapped off. I'm thinking of getting a new Nimbus cotterless hub from UDC (no money for ISIS+new cranks, bearings etc) but I don't know if there are any shops in NYC that can spoke and true a unicycle wheel. I heard that bicycle stands for truing don't work with unicycles. I'm flummoxed. Or should I just get a new unicycle from unicyclist.com or UDC? I dunno. Btw: It's urgent because I need to get a replacement in time for an event by next week.

2012-03-02, 06:37 AM	#2
CrazyJazy Just keep pedaling! Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Oxford Age: 24 Posts: 89	I don't see why a bike shop can't build a uni wheel it's the same as a front bike wheel basically. As for truing stand you can get a thingymabobby from UDC that adapts a trying stand for a unicycle wheel. Trying is easy too I muck my bike wheels up all the time so I've had lots of practice __________________ People ask me what happens if I fall off? I don't like falling off... I'm not yet sure if this is good or bad for uni... I love the terrific bruises you get tho!!! (Irony lol)

2012-03-02, 06:47 AM	#3
CrazyJazy Just keep pedaling! Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Oxford Age: 24 Posts: 89	This is it on the UK site. I assume you can get one over in nyc too http://www.unicycle.uk.com/unicycle-...d-adaptor.html Attached Images __________________ People ask me what happens if I fall off? I don't like falling off... I'm not yet sure if this is good or bad for uni... I love the terrific bruises you get tho!!! (Irony lol)

2012-03-02, 12:11 PM	#4
Sagitaur John - My fixie is a unicycle. Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Houston, TX Age: 52 Posts: 43	You don't need a truing stand to build a unicycle wheel. I have a truing stand, but rather than buy something extra, I just used the unicycle frame and secured a small metal ruler to the frame with a rubber band so I could check to see that I was centering it and getting it true. It worked great for building the wheel. Last edited by Sagitaur; 2012-03-02 at 12:12 PM.

2012-03-02, 09:32 PM	#5
BillyTheMountain Happy Wal-Mart Employee Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: NYC, USA Posts: 11,447	Some LBS don't like unicycles, feel uncomfortable with them. If you still want to take it to a shop that does good work on uni, send me a PM. Are you in Brooklyn? __________________ While you and I are having our cake-and-ice-cream party, the others are having a drink-the-blood-of-the-poor party in the back room. --[QUOTE=maestro8;1433130]

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