Guni Giraffe...

im thinking of making a Guni giraffe, ive got a 20 inch wheel with
internal gearing and lots of metal and pretty much everything to make
it with, ive got 3 or so days over the next 2 weeks to build it. the
hub has 3 gears which i can change by pushing a lever back in forth
which is kinda cool for some reason. i probably will make the lowest
giraffe i can, probably no more than 5ft, i wanna be able to do hops
and tricks and everything pretty easy plus i wanna kep the weight to a
minimum.

i was gonna just make a Guni but because of the hub you cant attach
cranks to it. has anyone else made one, got any pics of guni's.

are they hard to ride???? especially when you change gears...

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yea i figured thats gonna be the main problem, but as long as im
pedaling it should be alright i think....yea ive got a couple of posty
helmets(its pretty much just a white dome) and i dunno about aromour
protection, i could always put a dolly wheel at the back if the need be


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it will be fine to have a freewheel one going forward, but hops and
drops, no


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how would hops and rops be a problem, they aren't gonna be 8ft so it
should be alright, plus i think im just gonna cruize around on it, it
should fly along becasue its geared 3:1


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a hop or drop on a giraffe that can freewheel??


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Hvae you ever tried to ride a freewheel uni? its hard! and having that
on a giraffe with a freewheel would just make it harder.

What you could do, to make a fast giraffe, use a really small ammount
of teeth on the wheel, and a larger amount on the cranks, then in one
pedal, you revolving more then one turn, more like, 5 ish, depends on
the sizes.


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well usually if im in one gear i can easily do a roling hop, im startign
to think that i shouldnt make a Guni anymore and make some sort of
recumbant/Guni/ giraffe with a dolly wheel at the back but something
thats fairly light and can go really fast but with most of the weight
still on the front wheel so you can spin really fast on the spot...ill
have to think about it


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wow that is pretty cool, i don't see how it works though. oh well im
thinking of making some kinda of contraption that goes fast and has
internal gearing probably something with chopper handle bars as well,
something that can do hops and drops and something that is fairly low,
im brain storming sketches right now and am coming up wih some ideas,
ill put up my final design when i think of it.

cheers, keep it wheel.


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