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WOW!!! You really know how to make me jealous! That thing looks freakin'
INCREDIBLE! I'd like to attend MondoFest just to try it out! I bet
Siafirede would make the trip just to try it, too!

What a Beautiful Ride! I guess it would be pretty difficult (if not
impossible) to freemount that thing?

Lots of people have talked about gearing down a Coker, but I think
you're the first to actually do it! Great job!!!

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young man!.....get down from there.

your going to hurt yourself.....

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Very cool! Nice going, Gus!

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Looks like a fun ride. You should try gearing it up to add to the
insanity of it all.

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That's one good looking machine.

A friend of mine recently returned from living in the UK for about two
years, filled with horror-stories about single-chained giraffes.
Apparantly there is nobody in the UK who's got a single good thing to
say about them his 5-footer drew some disparaging looks from people he
worked with on entertainment gigs.

To see a single chain on this raffie makes me wonder if it's all hot
air or if the Americans are just fearless?

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looks perfect for Uni basketball😉

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Rad! What a beautiful machine! My suggestion for a wild coker-related
creation is a coker 2-wheeler.

BTW the freestyle frame Gus built for me is still going strong - I'm
very happy with it.

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Wow! Would that hold up to any Muni?

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I have ridden this beast several times at our club practices. Giraffes
aren't really my thing, and I haven't done much riding on anything
quite that tall, so I'm not entirely comfortable on it, but I don't
find it terribly difficult. It's an interesting ride. The wheel of
course has much more mass and momentum than you expect to be dealing
with on a giraffe, and the times I've had to bail off of it have been
when I've been trying to make tight turns. I can idle it fairly easily.
I tried idling it one-footed a few nights ago but only managed a couple
of idles. I keep pressuring Gus to gear the thing up to one-to-one, so
it will be a TRUE Coker giraffe. Whether or not I would then have the
guts to ride it is another question. Whether something can be done, and
whether it should be done, are often two different issues...

It looks even taller and more fearsome in person than it does in Max's
picture.

Single chains worry me on giraffes of all sizes. I try not to think
about it when I'm riding.

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Why do people dislike single chain drives? I've never had the chance to
deal with a giraffe, so could you please inform me abit?

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Spudman said:

Why do people dislike single chain drives? I've never had the chance to
deal with a giraffe, so could you please inform me abit?

I don't know but my guess is if the chain fell off or something then
you would be coasting and thats not a good thing when you are that
high.

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Spudman said:

Why do people dislike single chain drives? I've never had the chance to
deal with a giraffe, so could you please inform me abit?

Along with the rare issues with the chain breaking or becoming detached,
a single chain Giraffe puts uneven force on the hub, causing it to
(after many cycles of use) eventually bend the axle. Also riding a
giraffe backwards can unscrew the lower sprocket and make it come
loose, and on a single chain machine that means the same as the chain
breaking.

Loose.

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Single chain giraffes are unbalanced because they have the chain wheels
on one side only, so the frame has to be spaced or biased to keep it
balanced. Also using two drive chains gives lower levels of play when
going from forward to backwards, dual chains are smoother, better
balanced and thus allow for better control.

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