As a 40-something year old former unicycler, I wanted to purchase a smaller version to fit my 9 year old son. He'd recently discovered my classic twenty inch tall unicycle stored in the garage and had made several tries at balancing. But try as he might, the classic beast was just too tall for his wee little legs. I needed to get him a vehicle which he could be successful at ... Enter the Torker CX-16.

My son vibrated with excitement as we unpacked the box together and started to put together his sweet looking, shiny new red unicycle. Assembly was fairly easy. But as a note of advice, a 15 mm combination wrench and several sizes of metric hex wrenches are not included in the box, but are needed to complete the job. The package did contain all parts and directions, and even added some red touch-up paint to fix the dings after the inevitable crashes - nice touch.

After letting my son try it out for a few days (and wipe out over and over again), it appears to be... Read more