..... Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 My simple stands. I like having the 18L with tire on something so I can turn it on while in the stand and not have it go berserk and become dangerous by freewheeling. The smaller stand is just a couple boards with rubber feet on the bottom. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travsformation Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 1 hour ago, ShanesPlanet said: My simple stands. I like having the 18L with tire on something so I can turn it on while in the stand and not have it go berserk and become dangerous by freewheeling. The smaller stand is just a couple boards with rubber feet on the bottom. Simple often works best Looks like the 18L has tried to go berserk but didn't manage to escape 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..... Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 1 minute ago, travsformation said: Simple often works best Looks like the 18L has tried to go berserk but didn't manage to escape Yeah buddy!! Nuthin like the smell of burnt rubber, to set the mood. The 18 stand had foam in those grooves. Turned out it was a TAD too much lift and wet tire let it spin. Scary as hell and it aint balanced at warp speed. I removed the pads and routed the grooves a shade more. It rests on its tire with a tiny gap. It stays in the grooves, but it has enough play so i can power it up and it doesnt fight the stand. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DjPanJan Posted March 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 11, 2020 Modular Stand Europe Style. Threaded Rod M12, 8 x Washers (40mm) 4 nuts + 4 nuts with wings, Dried wood 2 cm width. 18cm height. Length 30 cm The stand is very stable and on a flat surface it can calibrate a unicycle very accurately. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 3 hours ago, ShanesPlanet said: I like having the 18L with tire on something so I can turn it on while in the stand and not have it go berserk and become dangerous by freewheeling. Funny! I did the stupid and accidentally bump the switch on my V10F while it was stationed on it’s elevated stand. The wheel tried to climb the wall for a brief second. My drywall now has black skid marks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Joker10 Posted March 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 11, 2020 Courtesy ks16s and an oops, I picked it up better put it down to stop it from spinning. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyTop Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Joker10 said: Courtesy ks16s and an oops, I picked it up better put it down to stop it from spinning. We probably all have a mark at home somewhere like that. Mine is on the carpet in the den....... Also KS16s. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travsformation Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Rehab1 said: The wheel tried to climb the wall for a brief second. My drywall now has black skid marks. Your variation is unique indeed! A whole new meaning to the expression "going up the wall" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..... Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 wow! And now i am overjoyed at my stand taking the brunt of it. My floors take an ass kicking as it is.. wall to wall 50yr old hardwood and it looks it. Course a long burnout could be cool too. Even now, lifting the wheel as it goes crazy, still makes me nervous. The little mten ... not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post travsformation Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 hour ago, RockyTop said: We probably all have a mark at home somewhere like that. Mine is on the carpet in the den....... Also KS16s On a carpet, yikes! At least on a hardwood floor you get bragging rights with the whole black skid mark... Mine's in my RV...the lift sensor on 1st batch 18XLs is known to be unreliable, but mine is particularly treacherous and would beep, wait until I'd picked it up and taken a few steps, and then start free-spinning once my guard was down. I'd just gotten back from grocery shopping, couldn't be bothered to lower the RV's footstep, had a shopping bag in one hand and was loading the wheel into the the RV with the other when the it started spinning, with my arm at a near 90º angle so...not a chance of maintaining that position until it ran out of steam. Sneaky little sh*t... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefteris Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 4 hours ago, RockyTop said: We probably all have a mark at home somewhere like that. Mine is on the carpet in the den....... Also KS16s. About marks, i had a mark on the wall since 2015, we've repainted the house recently and now the wife get crazy. So i'm trying to find a spli-flower pot like this Cause it may the "the" solution to our problem 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker10 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 wow That flower pot looks like it works good. I am going to look around for one of those to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lefteris Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 I got one better for you @Joker10 Just bought it from a local retailer for 14€ with shipping!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travsformation Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Lefteris said: Just bought it from a local retailer for 14€ with shipping!! NICE! What a discovery! I can already imagine the headlines: "Garden centers overwhelmed by hoards of electric unicyclers buying flower pots. What are they scheming?" Edited March 12, 2020 by travsformation 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyTop Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, travsformation said: NICE! What discovery! I can already imagine the headlines: "Garden centers overwhelmed by hoards of electric unicyclers buying flower pots. What are they scheming?" They are probably using them to soak there feet in with a little bath salt. I here that those Uni-wheels are rough on the feet. ...... Or they are coming up some kind of new drugs. I would not put it past them. As they say round these parts- “They ain’t Right!l 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefteris Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I"m so glad you like the idea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rehab1 Posted March 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Lefteris said: I"m so glad you like the idea Very pretty! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefteris Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Rehab1 said: Very pretty! ahahHAHAHAHAHAHAH this is just epic!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyTop Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 3 hours ago, Rehab1 said: Very pretty! This. Might attract more women into the wheeling world but we might want to go a little smaller. 6 hours ago, Lefteris said: I"m so glad you like the idea Hey! If it works, I love it. I am a Utilitarian. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefteris Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 It "will" work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamSuffit Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 (edited) I use this stand for motobikes and I am happy about it (reasonably priced for a solid, adjustable, ready to use, no need to lift the wheel stand / dock): More details here with picture and video of what it look likes on a KS16X: https://www.espritroue.fr/topic/11961-support-stand-costaud-pour-gyroroue-et-sans-soulever/ Edited March 15, 2020 by SamSuffit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_bike_kite Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 I like the flower pot solution! I use a 3D printed stand that works quite well. I've been reading about 3D printing for ages so I was quite keen to try it out but I had to use someone else with a printer. It took 48 hours to print but I'm happy with the result. I previously tried using a guitar stand to hold the wheel but it just bent so I wasn't very impressed. At the very least the printed stand allows me to put the wheel somewhere prominent in the house rather than hidden behind a sofa. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..... Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Thats cool Mike! I was just thinking the other day... I wonder if 3-d printers are $100 yet? Sounds like a tinkerers dream. 48 hrs to print? Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_bike_kite Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Printers go from about $200 up. Obviously this is a fairly large thing to print as it's all one piece so a printer would need to have a printing area large enough. I was really surprised by how smooth all the surfaces were. You can print all sorts of stuff for EUC's from mudguards to light surround to stands. I don't know whether it's worth buying a printer to just print a few items as there are many people out there who will print them for you and post the finished item to you (for money obviously). I was charged about £20 for the stand and I think that;s pretty good value. It was quite difficult trying to decide which stand to go for as you can't try it out (even virtually). I imagine it won't be long before we can print all sorts of household items, spare parts for motorcycles etc etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefteris Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 If you want to 3d print something once you can do it locally, there are shops that receive the file over the internet and even send it to you. I could have 3d printed the stand, but it would have cost me about ±35€, and i choose the flower pot cause it has this feature that i can change size to fit any wheel, so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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