girrafe vs. splined

The giraffe is only useful for performance, so if you aren't interested
in performance, save your money for the fun stuff.

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If you're struggling for funds then don't get the giraffe unless you are
a performer who actually needs the giraffe for shows. A giraffe is
more of a novelty unicycle. For most people a giraffe is not an
everyday kind of unicycle. Most giraffes get ridden only a few times
per year unless you use it as a professional or amateur performer.

You'll get far more benefit from your limited funds by putting those
funds towards better and upgraded standard unicycles.

If you want to try a giraffe then come to one of the conventions or
regional meets and you'll be able to borrow a giraffe to try. That'll
let you give it a try and be able to say you've done it without
spending the money on an actual giraffe. If you get hooked you'll know
and then you'll be able to better justify getting a giraffe.

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john_childs said:

If you're struggling for funds then don't get the giraffe unless you are
a performer who actually needs the giraffe for shows. A giraffe is
more of a novelty unicycle. For most people a giraffe is not an
everyday kind of unicycle. Most giraffes get ridden only a few times
per year unless you use it as a professional or amateur performer.

You'll get far more benefit from your limited funds by putting those
funds towards better and upgraded standard unicycles.

If you want to try a giraffe then come to one of the conventions or
regional meets and you'll be able to borrow a giraffe to try. That'll
let you give it a try and be able to say you've done it without
spending the money on an actual giraffe. If you get hooked you'll know
and then you'll be able to better justify getting a giraffe.

I wish I could give you more rep points.🙂

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I have tried a giraffe and thought it was very cool and fun. I'd also
like to sink down to the level of a birthday clown so that I can earn
money for a little while to upgrade all my equipment for cool
unicycling. I was at the park the other day and really wanted to do a
drop but couldn't because I was nervous due to my suzue hub. The new
cranks are getting pretty bent as well, it's still a toss up. Somebody
convince me more, please!

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Just like John said. The novelty of a girrafe will wear off evantaully,
and you can be a clown on a normal unicycle untill you make even MORE
money.

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If you think you can actually make enough money with the giraffe to get
a splined hub, go for the giraffe. Otherwise, I don't recommend getting
the giraffe, unless you are heavily into freestyle and want to learn
things like pirouettes, seat out riding, backward one-footed, and the
rolling mount. If it's a really cheap giraffe, don't even consider it.
You don't want a unicycle which will end up with a bent frame the first
time you drop it.

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john_childs said:

A giraffe is more of a novelty unicycle. For most people a giraffe is
not an everyday kind of unicycle. Most giraffes get ridden only a few
times per year unless you use it as a professional or amateur
performer.

That's good advise. I went through exactly that. I wanted to see what
a giraffe was like to ride, so I bought a cheap one. I rode it about 3
or four miles and sold it.

Still glad I did it; and it was fun. Just not very practical as far as
uni's go.

The guy I sold it to had fun as well; maybe still is.......

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