From Kris:…
-Stronger KH frames: Sidewall thickness on the horizontal crown tube has been increased by 30% for improved strength without a noticeable weight change.
-Stronger fixed (bolt-on) seatpost: This seatpost is now bonded and double pin reinforced to resist twisting (no welds), with a very nice looking polished aluminum forged top piece.
-Stronger adjustable seatpost: Also now double pin reinforced to better resist twisting.
-Slightly lighter Moment cranks: All cranks have a slightly wider and deeper back cutaway that slightly reduces weight by 50-70g (depending on crank length) while still keeping them super strong for aggressive riding. Kelly Hickman tested these in 137 mm length for 5 months before they went into production.
-Improved Moment Hub Flanges: The spoke hole diameter has been reduced to 2.5 mm with a 0.5 mm bevel, to better fit 14g spokes.
-New rim tape color options are available for KH rims: Blue, black, red, white, and yellow.
-Two new Fusion Saddle color options: White and bright green
-New Adrien Delecroix Signature Flash Deluxe Saddle Cover: (shipped only to UDC Germany). This is a custom pro-model cover design by Adrien Delecroix in partnership with municycle.com and Team UTV. It is spec’d standard with the Flash Deluxe KH20.
-Improved Fusion Street saddle with slimmer foam and new center cutaway: The foam is slimmer to make it easier to grab. The new cutaway also makes it easier to grab because you can curl your thumb around the foam into the groove.
-New KH bearing mount for truing stand: This very simple piece is the bottom half of 42 mm bearing housings welded to a small plate that clamps to the top of a standard wheel truing stand (e.g. Park Tools Professional truing stand). It enables hubs with 42 mm bearings to seat directly into the top of the stand, for easier building. Local bikeshops will really appreciate this gadget when confronted with the new challenge of building a unicycle wheel.
-Stronger Rollo Disk: The bottom shelf of the countersink for the axle bolt has been thickened to improve strength when the bolt is tightened.
It’s been fun to see all these changes through to production and I hope you like it!
Kris
Awesome…
Thicker Rollo insides is a big plus. I know all of us street and flat riders have been waiting for some more seat cover options. Stronger seatpost, always a plus.. but the big one here… STRONGER FRAME.. nice. Was wondering if there was gonna be any changes to the frames this year. As for the saddle, its good the 2010 will be thinner than the 09.. thought we were going backwards for a second. I am also happy to see that the 14g is now becoming standard for spokes… although Im not sure about taking away the 13g option. The truing brackets are pretty cool, but price wise.. might not be able to compete with zipties.
Always nice to see the improvements from KHU. …but when are we gonna get handles without the hole???
