A normal uni was to normal for me. I could not resist and wanted a girafe for a long time... So finaly I got one... I can ride it okay...( I have been riding only a few time, got it for less than a week...) No tricks yet...
However I'm looking for pointer how how to get on top of the damn thing without any outside help. (I know it can be done, but I have yet to realize it) Right now the Landing are my first precocupation. It is something else to dismount when you are rifing on top of a 6 feet pole monted on a wheel.... My contact with the ground are more crashes than merly just stepping down.
Freemounting a giraffe is quite hard. The way I have been taught to do it is as follows:
*Wedge your foot that you don't mount with first between the frame and the tire. *Next, bring your free foot to the pedal on its side. *After that, quickly bring the foot that was previously wedged between the frame and tire to the other pedal. *Idle until you can put the seat under you. *After the seat is under you, continue riding.
It takes a lot of practice, but it looks good once you get it.
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Personally I can't freemount a giraffe, but I doubt that the bit quoted above is recommended practice. Search the forum for giraffe and freemount and I think you will see that you put the seat under you as part of the mount, without prior idling. Anything seat-out is difficult on a giraffe!
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I mean that you need to keep your balance up until you can get the seat under you. Idling just seemed to help me. Also, the other guys that I have seen freemount a giraffe have done this (I learned it from a stage performer named Larry Vee).
Clear as mud? :p
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The only freemount I can do on a giraffe is a rolling mount. For a video, look in my gallery below. I just hope the gallery is working 🙁
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The tutorial on www.unicycle.2ya.com that Peter mentioned before is for mounting a 5' giraffe. From what I gather, the best way to 'step up' mount a 6'er is to wedge on foot against the frame and on top of the tyre, then do what's shown in the video. You can rolling mount a 6'er too but apparently it's quite a bit harder.
Have a go at one foot idling on your giraffe. That's the first 'trick' I learned on mine. I actually find it easier on a giraffe to do it (and idling in general) smoother and with a smaller footprint because, being a lot higher, it takes so much longer for the thing to lose balance.
Right now the Landing are my first precocupation. It is something else to dismount when you are rifing on top of a 6 feet pole monted on a wheel.... My contact with the ground are more crashes than merly just stepping down.
Thanks for any info.
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I am in a similar situation, recently getting a giraffe (a Torker 5ft.) a few weeks ago. It has taken me quite a few attempts, but I have finally gotten a few successful mounts. The technique that works best for me is the side mount. I put the left pedal down, right foot on the tire. Step up quickly, once the left foot is on the left pedal, it becomes a regular side mount. I tried this after watching the tall unicycle section of the video "One Wheel No Limit".
For me my first attempts were failures because I was not comfortable riding the thing in the first place. After a few hours of ladder mount riding, I am able to at least get in the seat most free mount attempts. My success rate is about 2/10.
