Gearing

i'm not a pro, but giraffes aren't made for distance, you'd be much
better off with a coker

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if it was a geared up giraffe it would be alright. but it would be more
of a novelty thing.

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geared 29er would be much better my friend.. contact florian and get
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right after you rob a bank.

i'd prefer a geared 29er to a coker, but the coker is cheaper, but
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if you robbed a a bank i would want sometihng a little faster than any
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no, you'd have to rob a bank to get enough money to pay for the
unicycle.

not rob a bank with a unicycle as a getaway car, that would just be
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it would be kinda cool though. i dont think the cops would suspect a
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Use a giraffe to rob a bank and juggle wads of money to draw the
attention away from your face and confuse everyone.

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Geared giraffe will just look so cool. The cocker look just dont do it
for me. 😎 Is there a hub availalbe that could simply be added to a
giraffe without serious mods?

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I'd be limited to three wads....🙁 🙁

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the hard part is converting it so you can peddel backwards and forwards
without too much slop, cause the bikey ones only go forwards.

there's a way to do it, but i can't remember

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The simplest way to gear up a giraffe is to replace one of the sprockets
with something larger or smaller depending where you're gearing from.
However, it's going to be a lot more finicky and difficult to ride than
a coker, which will basically roll over anything. You might want to
look into 'penguin' giraffes, short giraffes which generally have high
gearings for speed. Also look into some longish cranks over short ones
if you're going to be gearing up, it makes more difference than you
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is it going to be like a jack-shaft kind of thing? (i think that's what
they're called anyway?)

like the purple phaze and that other one?

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I like the penguin idea.... Maybe like 4 or 5 foot.... This "sloppy hub"
where and and what should i start looking for one. Can the gears be
changed manually on such a hub?????

<<<Crank size does seem important... I spose it will greatly influence
torque... tau= (Dist. from crank)(Force Applied)

Biger crank, would that not essentially counteract gearing up of the
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I geared my five foot Torker TX 1:2, and it was hard as hell to ride
(125mm cranks, 40" theoretical wheel), and I also own a Coker, which is
no problem at all. Higher gearings on a giraffe make them nearly
impossible to mount, as stopping the wheel and braking it using the
weight of your body is neccessary for the mount. You may have better
luck with longer cranks. I would recommend 2-3 feet, with cranks just
above the wheel, for the easiest riding machine.

I'm not sure what you're referring to with a 'sloppy hub', but the
unicycle-oriented geared hubs available now are quite expensive and
obviate the need for a giraffe. If you're going to go geared, all
you'll have to do is swap out one of the sprockets on your unicycle. A
square-taper bike crank set can do the trick, as can a replacement
bottom sprocket, which are often of the type found on older single
speed bikes. Definitely the cheapest way to get a speed machine, but
again not the most comfortable nor the easiest path to go...

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If you want a geared giraffe and you can't afford a Schlumpf, you should
make a hub with sprockets on both sides. This will give you an
effective two gears. In fact, you could get four gears if you
re-purpose a double-chain giraffe with different sprockets in all four
locations. Run the chain on one side only, and switch the wheel around
to make the 3rd and 4th gear changes. Sure it would be a pain to change
gears, but it's been done.

Walter Nilsson rode a 2-speed giraffe across the United States in 1933
to win a $10,000 Ripley's Believe it or Not prize. He probably changed
gear for the hills, and otherwise left it in the higher gear.

I used to ride my Schwinn Giraffe with what I believe was a 28:48 gear
ratio. That made it very difficult to freemount, and a lot of work to
ride. But I do remember doing a 4-minute mile on it once, after several
tries. That's 15 mph; pretty fast for a giraffe with 20" wheel! Also
you could use a bigger wheel on your giraffe.

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