Giraffe Help

Any links?

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i would get the tx if i were you.

dunno where you can find it though, maybe check ebay.

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http://www.cyclesportandfitness.com/unicycles.htm

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juggle508 said:

I now know why Tomsey is so good at backs. And why Shaun owns at normal
flips.
It has to do with the gravitational pull. Like how the toilet flushes
in the opposite direction down there. Well its easier down there to
flip backwards then forwards. 😉 :p
KH.

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I vote the tx too, i got one from the US from www.juggglingstore.com for
about £125 including shipping. A friend of mine got one off american
ebay for £100 all in, the shipping was more than the unicycle! This
might be an option for you, I don't know what the supply of torkers is
like in Oz but we don't get them atall over here. Mine's stoood up well
but his has a bent frame and axle, mainly due to him hopping on it,
dropping it off curbs and dropping it then falling on the frame. Still
rideable though. I used to use mine to cruise around the city centre at
night, it's alot of fun. The only real complaint i have is that the
saddle is torturous, and as torker use a differnt bolt pattern and post
size to everyone one else to change it you need to buy a new saddle,
post and shims, so i never bothered.

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It is best to start with a 5 foot Giraffe as they are much easier to
mount than the taller ones.

The 'Nimbus Performer Giraffe' (http://tinyurl.com/2mv93d) is good, as
you can change the height to 7 foot once you are comfortable riding
giraffes, 7 foot looks more impressive but does feel a bit far from the
ground at times

jim

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iI have the TX, I got it from UDC. My friend has the Nimbus Performer
(mentioned above). Both great giraffes. The Nimbus is pricy though.

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you can get both a TX and the Nimbus performer that Jim was talking
about from UDC

the TX is only 129 bucks though, and it has an lx saddle, i think you
should go with it

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I will be looking forward to the butt-lip photos.

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I got a Torker Unistar Tx this autumn and it is a great unicycle for the
price.
I bought it off of Ebay for $130US total. Its 5 feet tall but when your
sitting on it your at like 9 feet. Its really cool and it is the best
price for a giraffe

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My 2cents input is comparing the Nimbus and the Torker both are very
good unis and almost identical

They both have plastic pedals.
Both 5'
Both have 25.4mm seatposts
Both have good rim's
Both look totally awsome😎.

Where the torker has a major disavantage is the screw on sproket which
is a bad design(I say this from personal experince) IT COMES LOOSE! The
nimbus has the superior bolt on design which I have not had any
troubles with.

The torker seat is also EXTREAMLY uncomfortable.

I took pictures comparing them.

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God i'd forgotten that, i had problems with the sporket coming loose and
throwing me off unexpectedly, i couldn't work out what it was at the
time and it stopped without me doing anything. The nimbus hub looks
like a great deisgn.

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kington99 said:

The nimbus hub looks like a great deisgn.

^^^^^^^^^^
And it's so shinny😄

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Evan Byrne said:

So use a shock frame and learn to take the force with your butt? Too
hard to do? I think not!

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Screw-on sprocket = bad. And dangerous. Go for bolt-on. For height, I
recommend going straight to 6'. The reason to ride a giraffe is to be
tall, so get the tall one! A 5' is definitely easier to freemount, but
they ride almost the same.

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The only giraffe UDC Aus has is the Nimbus 5 foot for 370 (AU) plus
shipping. I figure probably the best option would be the Nimbus as 1)
easier availability and 2) it apparently doesn't have a hideously
uncomfortable seat. I was wondering about the cranks, they're just your
standard tapered uni cranks yeah? What sort of strength do they provide
for the giraffe? I remember when my little brother got his unicycle (he
got his first so i learnt on it) i managed to bend his cranks within a
couple of days of learning to hop. Obviously giraffes are pretty limted
in their hopping capacity but i don't want to go and spend 400$ on
something that i'm gonna need to replace in a couple of weeks soft
riding. Any thoughts?

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theyre bike cranks because of the chain, im not aware of any splined
giraffe, youd need a splined bottom bracket and cranks and new
chainring and stuff to go splined.

UDC australia also has the nimbus performer, which has dual-chains.
this is a much, muhc better feature to have and you can adjust it's
height later on if you want. all over a better uni really,

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they are normal square tapers, but the right one has fixings for the
sprocket, so you can't just replace them with ordinary unicycle cranks.
Giraffes just aren't made for hopping, except for a couple of trials
giraffes i've seen.

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iridemymuni said:

UDC australia also has the nimbus performer, which has dual-chains.
this is a much, muhc better feature to have and you can adjust it's
height later on if you want. all over a better uni really,

I realize it's a better uni, having two chains and all but is it 300$
better? That's a pretty big monetary jump for someone who's never
ridden one of the things before and who only plans to ride to it
secondary to my other one. Also, how the hell do you freemount onto
them?

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albino_gumby said:

Obviously giraffes are pretty limted in their hopping capacity but i
don't want to go and spend 400$ on something that i'm gonna need to
replace in a couple of weeks soft riding. Any thoughts?

The *whole* giraffe is not really intended for hopping. You have to
start from the frame and work outward from there. Basically, don't beat
on your giraffe, that's what Trials unis and MUnis are for. Or go
custom, of course.

Is the "cooler" Nimbus worth the extra $300? If you want more than one
height, or double chains, yes. Actually it's very cheap for an
adjustable-height giraffe, *especially* for AUS! If you just want a
giraffe and don't need anything fancy, then no.

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Okay, thanks for all the help guys. I think i'll go with the Nimbus 5
foot. Umm, how do i get on it (when i get it)?

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searches are there to help you eg 'Google' (http://tinyurl.com/39veg7)

jim

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