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Giraffe Discussion Thread
I want to know weather it is really worth spending the extra like $100 plus on a dual cahin giraffe than a single chain because i found a decent single chain for 120 but if it is a huge difference il save up for the extra chain. anyone no? -- jakezcop4444 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jakezcop4444's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/18352 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/71067 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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johnfoss;1132438 wrote: It should be possible to dig up some pictures of existing solid ones. Things to think about: - The heights you're describing, 12-15', will lead to almost-guaranteed injury if you fall off them. 10' is impressively tall, while you can still do UPDs, with a lower chance of injury. - In my old unicycle club, our giraffes topped out at 12' because any higher and they wouldn't fit under the wires that typically cross over the streets we rode parades on. Don't forget to allow at least 3' above the saddle for your head, which is where the current would enter your body if you got too close to a power line... I agree 10’ was a reasonable height to drop off of, except when I tried to ride it down some steps. 12’ was better to hang on to traffic lights from, but occasionally I had to dismount for low overpasses. The taller you go the more critical the sturdiness becomes. I did have a chain drop off a 12’ because it flexed to much while I was riding someone on my shoulders. Fortunately I never dropped off the 23' Giraffe in the picture. But this was all 30+ years ago. Now I don’t go above 6’ +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: 23 Foot.jpg | |Download: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/30539 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- 2ScorePlus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2ScorePlus's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/18280 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/71067 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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2ScorePlus;1161599 wrote: Fortunately I never dropped off the 23' Giraffe in the picture. EISH! Who built that thing? And just how did you mount? -- GILD 'three short gs and a long e-flat™' (http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/beethoven_sym5_1.wav) - 'unihoki' (http://www.sinco.hu/data/pic/size_1/..._061007_26.jpg) 'if i'm murdered, don't execute my killer.' (http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/1539/) 'harper' (http://tinyurl.com/c9epx) 'mikefule' (http://tinyurl.com/yh6vna) 'Seager' (http://tinyurl.com/62anrw) 'bluntrm' (http://tinyurl.com/2bq8ol) 'NAMASTE!' (http://tinyurl.com/4qcxw) 'Dave' (http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=85449) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GILD's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/657 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/71067 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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GILD;1161672 wrote: And just how did you mount? pfh. you jump... -- catinabag1 "Black holes are where God divided by zero" ~ Steven Wright ------------------------------------------------------------------------ catinabag1's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/16651 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/71067 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Twenty-three feet! That gives me the heeby-jeebies looking at it. GILD;1161672 wrote: And just how did you mount? Ever heard of the suicide mount? -- Biggestbtc ~Benjamin Unicycle For Christ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Biggestbtc's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/18333 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/71067 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Great Idea for a thread. My god. 23 feet. Wow. Just Wow. I got a 5ft giraffe for christmas. So far in the last 2 or 3 weeks I have learnt to: ride idle freemount ride backwards bunnyhop up a curb ride off a small ledge ride over a funbox ride down a moderately sized flatbank I took it on the skatepark the other day which is where I learnt to ride off a ledge and up and down a few ramps. I wouldn't want to try it with anything higher than a 5ft giraffe. I'll make a video of the stuff I can do on a giraffe at the skatepark once I learn a few more tricks. I haven't even had it a month yet. The next thing I am going to try and learn is riding 1 footed. I may even try dropping in on a small quarter at this rate. Also has anyone ever 180 unispinned a giraffe before? Is it possible? I'd like to try. -- caudy ... UNICYCLING IN LEEDS -'VIDEO' (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2wqQg-TfdJM) - ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ caudy's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/16580 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/71067 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Single chain or double chain? -- GILD 'three short gs and a long e-flat™' (http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/beethoven_sym5_1.wav) - 'unihoki' (http://www.sinco.hu/data/pic/size_1/..._061007_26.jpg) 'if i'm murdered, don't execute my killer.' (http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/1539/) 'harper' (http://tinyurl.com/c9epx) 'mikefule' (http://tinyurl.com/yh6vna) 'Seager' (http://tinyurl.com/62anrw) 'bluntrm' (http://tinyurl.com/2bq8ol) 'NAMASTE!' (http://tinyurl.com/4qcxw) 'Dave' (http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=85449) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GILD's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/657 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/71067 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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