{"id":671,"date":"2009-03-27T07:57:52","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T14:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/03\/the-latest-unicycle-handle\/"},"modified":"2009-04-03T12:22:32","modified_gmt":"2009-04-03T19:22:32","slug":"the-latest-unicycle-handle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/the-latest-unicycle-handle\/","title":{"rendered":"The latest unicycle handle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>\n<p>I\u2019ve been using my newest unicycle handle for quite a while, and I\u2019m really happy with it. I\u2019ve designed it to fit my geared KH24, and I want to make a newer version that fits on my carbon fiber seatbase for my geared KH36. Maybe I\u2019ll get around to it sometime soon, but for now, here\u2019s the existing one.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img-2115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img-2115-tm.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"751\" alt=\"IMG_2115.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Side view:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img-2078.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img-2078-tm.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"751\" alt=\"IMG_2078.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Top view:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img-2088.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img-2088-tm.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"751\" alt=\"IMG_2088.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>top view detail of front bar ends, with brake adapter. The brake won\u2019t fit on the bar ends, so I created an adapter:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img-2091.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img-2091-tm.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"IMG_2091.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The close bar ends are my \u201cpower grips\u201d for climbing steep hills and riding rough muni. I made a special V adapter than can easily be removed, allowing a traditional plastic handle to be used instead:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img-2101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img-2101-tm.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"IMG_2101.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>View from front:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img-2108.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img-2108-tm.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"IMG_2108.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All the places that bolt together are simply small pieces of steel that I brazed onto the tube. I then drilled it, tapped it, and cut the slot to allow it to clamp tight:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img-2113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img-2113-tm.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"751\" alt=\"IMG_2113.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is built from cromoly steel tubing. 22mm diameter (perfect for bar ends). All brazed together, which is *plenty* strong (I tried to brake some of my older brazes with a hammer. It bent, but never broke off).<\/p>\n<p>The basic handlebar and bar ends adds only 11.6 oz (329 grams) to the weight of the unicycle (without the brake adapter piece).<\/p>\n<p>Handle alone: 6.5 oz<\/p>\n<p>Bar ends, long: 5.1 oz (hence, 11.6 oz for the basic setup)<\/p>\n<p>Bar ends, short: 5.6 oz (they are a different brand, and are heavier than the short ones)<\/p>\n<p>Brake adapter: 1.6 oz<\/p>\n<p>V-close bar ends adapter: 2.6 oz<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total: 21.4 oz, 1 lb 5.4 oz &#8211; 607 grams (EDITED &#8211; I had got this wrong the first time I posted it. I learned how to add since then.).<\/strong> The bulk of the weight is the fact that I have *two* sets of bar ends, which I prefer A LOT more than the regular plastic handle. It allows me to climb steeper things with little effort, and is very ergonomic.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t wait to get my milling machine. It is going to open up a lot more possibilities for things I can create.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been using my newest unicycle handle for quite a while, and I\u2019m really happy with it. I\u2019ve designed it to fit my geared KH24, and I want to make a newer version that fits&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/the-latest-unicycle-handle\/\">[read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unicycling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img-2101.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671","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=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}