Re: Giraffe Uni's, how difficult

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if someone could post a movie, that would help a lot.

There are two mounting techniques covered for a 5' giraffe at
www.unicycle.2ya.com . See the video tutorial. For a 5'er most people
will most likely be tall enough to skip putting their first foot on top
of the tyre and therefore be able to spend less time losing balance
while climbing up the giraffe.

Andrew

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I recently got a Torker TX 5ft giraffe and it's been a blast to ride.
The 1st time riding it felt insanely high, but once you get a few
revolutions it comes natural, assuming you are proficient on a little
one. My main problem is getting my kids to take a break so I can ride
it.

We started by practicing jumping from a ladder a bit higher than the
pedals of the giraffe, then mounting from the ladder. My kids are 8 and
10, and I'm 43, so far no injuries with all of us riding and jumping off
alot. Of course this assumes you can jump from it, and that's why we
don't wear shoes with laces on unicycles, especially a giraffe!

Have fun,

Brad

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I recently got a Torker TX 5ft giraffe and it's been a blast to ride.
The 1st time riding it felt insanely high, but once you get a few
revolutions it comes natural, assuming you are proficient on a little
one. My main problem is getting my kids to take a break so I can ride
it.

We started by practicing jumping from a ladder a bit higher than the
pedals of the giraffe, then mounting from the ladder. My kids are 8 and
10, and I'm 43, so far no injuries with all of us riding and jumping off
alot. Of course this assumes you can jump from it, and that's why we
don't wear shoes with laces on unicycles, especially a giraffe!

Have fun,

Brad

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Brad,I'm looking at the Savage 5ft'r on E-Bay. I know Savage aren't the
best,but the price seems about right,$149.95.
I am proficient at the smaller ones,I'm not much on freestyle,but I can
ride all day long anywhere without any difficulties at all. I've been
riding a long time,but not 2 frequently until about 1-1/2 years ago.
Since then I ride 5 miles a day 5 times a week. I am going to work on my
wife this weekend and convince her that I just have to have it!
Wish me luck,
Mike🙂 😄

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Mike,

The Torker is $129 new on unicycle.com.

http://tinyurl.com/2plds

I never compared the Savage to the Torker but would guess they are
similar in quality.

My intention was to start with something cheap like the Torker to learn
on and then buy a more expensive one like the Semcycle if we can justify
it later.

So far the Torker is holding up fine with all our newbie riding. We've
had a few minor issues, the bottom bracket (the axle and bearings for
the cranks and pedals) came loose and I had to take it to a bike shop
for adjustment. (I don't have the tools). When attempting rolling
mounts, the bottom cog tends to unscrew. There is a lock ring which is
suppose to keep this tight but I don't have the correct tool, so another
trip to the bike shop is in order. I have a feeling that this is a
design issue that will go away with a different mechanism. In the mean
time my solution is to put the seat backwards so my rolling mount tends
to tighten the cog. Of course if I ride much like that the pedals will
unscrew unless I ride backwards all the time!

Brad

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bradf said:

* When attempting rolling mounts, the bottom cog tends to unscrew. ...
my solution is to put the seat backwards so my rolling mount tends to
tighten the cog. Of course if I ride much like that the pedals will
unscrew unless I ride backwards all the time! *

That's an elegant idea! I wonder if a proper left-side drive could be
rigged up with an aftermarket BMX crank. It looks like some of them
have identical crank arms left and right except for the pedal threading.

I think the pedal problem isn't severe. If you have a good pedal wrench
then just snugging things up as part of the "pre-flight check" before
every ride ought to be enough.

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yer, i think you ave alot more controle when riding a girafe and it
definetly feels alot better. go 4 it

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