{"id":1163,"date":"2009-12-15T08:25:11","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T15:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/adjustable-unicycle-handlebar\/"},"modified":"2009-12-15T08:25:11","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T15:25:11","slug":"adjustable-unicycle-handlebar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/adjustable-unicycle-handlebar\/","title":{"rendered":"Adjustable Unicycle Handlebar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>\n<p>I was never happy with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/09\/kh36-handlebar\/\">last handlebar<\/a> I made for my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.krisholm.com\">KH36<\/a> road unicycle. It attached underneath the base of my seat, and despite it being carbon fiber it still flexed quite a bit and I was afraid it would break. It also never felt quite right &#8212; I wanted it to be slightly lower, and slightly more forward. On my KH24 geared muni I have a handlebar that attaches to the seat post and has always felt great. Using the seat post wouldn&#8217;t work for my KH36, since I&#8217;m short and run the seat all the way as low as it can go when using 150mm cranks. In fact, I think I cut down the top tube on the KH36 frame a bit so I could get it extra low.<\/p>\n<p>To work around this problem I made a new version that attaches to the frame and adjusts vertically when I use different cranks.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a picture of the completed setup:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_6460.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_6460-tm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"IMG_6460.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The individual pieces I made mainly from 22.2mm tubes (purchased from <a href=\"http:\/\/aircraftspruce.com\">Aircraft Spruce<\/a>) brazed together. The small piece at the bottom is an adapter to attach the brake in the direction that I like. I make the little seat post clamps on my lathe, and trim some fat off of them with the milling machine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_6445.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_6445-tm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" alt=\"IMG_6445.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The base attaches to the frame:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_6448.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_6448-tm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" alt=\"IMG_6448.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The top T goes in, and can be adjusted up and down. I could also replace it if it ever breaks or doesn&#8217;t work the way I want.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_6450.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_6450-tm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" alt=\"IMG_6450.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the brake is installed:<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_6454.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_6454-tm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" alt=\"IMG_6454.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Top view. Notice that I run a set of bar ends backwards. I use these when riding rough terrain, or for climbing steep hills. I really prefer it to the typical front plastic handle found on nearly ever unicycle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_6465.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_6465-tm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"451\" alt=\"IMG_6465.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After I finished making it, I painted it with 2 coats of gray primer, 2 coats of black, and 2 clear coats.<\/p>\n<p>Riding with it is a dream &#8212; it is exactly the handlebar I want. In theory I could also use this setup like a &#8220;V frame&#8221; unicycle, by tilting the seat forwards a lot and dropping the front handlebar post down all the way, but I haven&#8217;t tried that yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was never happy with the last handlebar I made for my KH36 road unicycle. It attached underneath the base of my seat, and despite it being carbon fiber it still flexed quite a bit&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/adjustable-unicycle-handlebar\/\">[read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-machining","category-unicycling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}