Quoted message said:The problem with giraffes is that everyone wants to try riding one
just to see if they can, but very few people will end up riding it
enough to justify owning one.The easiest way to get over the initial giraffe fetish is to go to a
unicycle club or a juggling club where you can try one just to see
what it is like. You'll get to have your fun. You'll get to see that
it's really not that tricky to learn to ride around. You'll also learn
that it's not a terribly practical unicycle. You'll either discover
that you really like it and want to learn to master giraffe riding, or
you'll discover that it was fun and novel, but not practical enough to
justify buying one. Most likely you'll end up in the second group.
I'm in danger of comming to the same conclusion. I was able to free
mount my torker within half an hour, and then repeat the feet regularly
within a day. I was a bit dissapointed that it had been so easy. My
recomendation is to get giraf's with bigger wheel's or with a gearing
system that increases their effective wheel size. Then you can use it
to get from a to b, and look cool while your at it!
This is all beside the fact that you get lot's of attention, and tricks
should be a big chalenge, but super fun and rewarding. I am planing on
getting a better one in a few years and giving my old one to my (by
then) 8 year old nephue! -if that's not a reward, I don't know what is
(I just got him a unicycle with training wheels)!
Mike🙂
Ps. Sory about my previous double post. I didn't know you could access
posts on furthur pages, and thought my post hadn't been registered. By
the way, 20 minutes at a bike shop and a day waiting has fixed my cog.
(hopefully!)
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