Giraffe Discussion Thread

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMJmuaTBrR8

Now if only someone can teach me more tricks to do! I'm so afraid of
trying to do a seat pullout on the giraffe :\


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I was wondering about unicycling on a treadmill, now I know!


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I know giraffe riders have done this, but I'm thinking about swapping
out the stock cog that was installed on my wheel with something with far
fewer teeth. I have a fixed gear mountain bike that I used to ride and
so I have an assortment of cogs available. My question is about how far
down is it safe to gear my 5' giraffe with 20" wheel? I believe the
crankset/cog has 32 teeth, do you think I can go 2:1? I'll try it
anyways but just was interested if somebody has already tried gearing
down that far (or more).


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MuniSano;1136979 wrote:
I know giraffe riders have done this, but I'm thinking about swapping
out the stock cog that was installed on my wheel with something with far
fewer teeth. I have a fixed gear mountain bike that I used to ride and
so I have an assortment of cogs available. My question is about how far
down is it safe to gear my 5' giraffe with 20" wheel? I believe the
crankset/cog has 32 teeth, do you think I can go 2:1? I'll try it
anyways but just was interested if somebody has already tried gearing
down that far (or more).



I tried gearing my short giraffe (about 4') with a 20" wheel and 2:1
ratio. I think the cranks were 125mm. I was fairly young at the time
and my legs were not very well developed so I had to get a push start to
get going and once I started heading down the hill I could not stop
without jumping off or sliding my hands along a wall to slow down.
Hardly safe but now that my legs are stronger and can handle a 36'er ok
I think it would be alright.


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2:1 is a lot. I'd start with something like 1.5:1 if you have a cog in
that range, then work up from there. I used to ride my Schwinn Giraffe
with something like 48:28 (whatever that is). *-Very-* difficult to
freemount or ride slow, but you could cruise along pretty fast once you
got going (and long as you really paid attention)!


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johnfoss;1137315 wrote:
48:28 (whatever that is)

That's 12:7
or about 1.7:1
fast for a uni for sure!


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'2:1 or 40\"' (http://tinyurl.com/6xwtuq) equivalent is 'rideable'
(http://tinyurl.com/5jsysa).


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I’m hoping someone can help me.

I bought a Nimbus Performer (the 5ft to 7ft) one at the start of the
summer. After one or two goes the pedal feel out of its socket (luckily
I wasn’t on it). Problem was a faulty crank. Anyway I got this replace
for free and after a bit of fiddling with the fine adjustment settings
finally got the 2 chains at the same tension. Riding was fine for the
next while.

I took it out again today as it hadn’t seen light in a while. I built
it up and climbed on. When cycling there is a loud clicking noise. It’s
not the chains being to tight but I can’t see what it is. I was thinking
the wheel bearings but would this be possible? Anyone any other ideas?

Thanks

C. Long


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ah,pedal or crankbearing ?


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Any tips on mounting? I just got a Nimbus 5ft for Christmas.


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