Extreme Giraffeing

Ya Scott Cooper Did muni on his Giraffe. I got to ride the muni giraffe
on a group ride we did. Iv seen pic's of Scott Riding logs and Going up
and down steep hills on his 6 ft Giraffe. Its pretty cool!

Zack

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I've seen Dustin Kelm hop up stairs on a 6' Semcycle giraffe and then
ride down the stairs.

I don't know if Dustin had some stronger chain tensioners on the axle or
not. I do know that he has mentioned that the dropouts (the flat slots
where the axle bolts to the frame) on the giraffe frame can bend.

If you want a really stout giraffe frame it will have to be a custom
frame. Strong machined dropouts with an integrated chain tensioner
would be cool. Take some ideas from the good BMX bikes. They've got
strong dropouts and some have integrated chain tensioners.

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My friend Nick did some fun stuff on a giraffe, but he did indeed need
to buy chain tensioners, since the wheel kept slipping up in the
dropouts.

It's probably still not a good idea though. I could see is frame visibly
flex as he sprung up for each hop. Also, you want to make sure you are
really sure about your ability to hop the stairs, since the giraffe is
substantially heavier. Do not try seat out hopping. It is very hard (or
was back when I tried it, I wasn't nearly as good at seat out then)
because of the amount of leverage you have working against you trying to
pull the seat away from your body.

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Simon Greenway of IOU fame built a Muni giraffe. For a description and
some photos see:

http://members.tripod.com/~derek_b/mgir.htm

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A few people have done some wild stuff on giraffes. Like Scot Cooper as
Zack said, and of course Dustin. Scot has hopped up and down stairs and
done lots of Muni. He also once rode the Mount Diablo challenge without
a dismount, 10.8 miles and 3300' of climbing. But his Muni giraffe is
NOT a stock one - it's specially reinforced. As giraffes go, the Torker
is NOT one of the strongest and I would be careful taking it on rough
terrain. Bruce Bundy has had a couple of giraffe accidents, like the
time his chain broke on a really steep hill - ouch.

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My favorite photo of Muni giraffe action (Scot Cooper):

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ha! that is awesome

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Hi,

Paul from Germany trials with her giraffe.

Roland

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Edit - Damn. Roland beat me to it.

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"However, I confess that the ultimate wheel lacks the day to day
practicality of the conventional unicycle" -Mikefule

Just hearing you say that makes me want to dispute it by doing just that
-converting it to a mode of transportation, including hopping it by
grasping it with my feet! Ultimates forever!

on the topic of ultimate giraffing, has anywone ever done a piruette on
one? How do you do it? How do you do it on a normal unicycle?

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http://tinyurl.com/5g7jr
Late in this video, Dustin Kelm does some spins and possibly pirrouettes
on his giraffe, as well as some other impressive giraffe skills.

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Hi Roland!

Do you know were are more pics of Paul??

Personal gallery, website...

Thanks!

Pepe

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That is some awsome trials stuff,with or with uot a giraffe.

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Does this count as extreme ? It's on a Tom Miller giraffe. I used to
do this on an old Schwinn Giraffe, but I switched uni's after I
realized I could look down & see the Schwinn frame *flex* on each
landing.

Mike

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Toe-clips on a giraffe? That's hyper-extreme.

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jenmichael2000 said:

*"However, I confess that the ultimate wheel lacks the day to day
practicality of the conventional unicycle" -Mikefule

Just hearing you say that makes me want to dispute it by doing just
that -converting it to a mode of transportation, including hopping it
by grasping it with my feet! Ultimates forever!
*

That got into my sig because that's ecactly what people say when they
compare commuter unicycles to bikes.

Good luck with the ultimate wheel. I'm working on the same thing you are
wrt. ultimate wheels. I can hop now, but getting back to riding is still
a problem.

Ultimates forever!

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I have seen very little extreme action by anyone on a giraffe, the
most extreme would on a video I watched of young Zyllan, riding a DX
twin chain down a snow slope whilst dodging the sledgers. On a standard
skinny tyre, virtually no useful tread to speak of.

Mind even getting on one is extreme by my standards

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all those videos i cant watch them

i need to in stall like realplayer or soemthing
and i dont want to does anybody have kool videos on a like windows
media player i think i have

plz i want soem kool videos!!!

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uhhh anyoone with videos!!! plz i cant view any of them...

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