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  1. So my friend mark and I are going to be doing some group traveling out
    of the country in a month or so and were thinking about how cool it
    would be to bring a uni's along. Problem is that we both own 24's and
    don't have the room to bring them.

    As you may have seen on here previously, we have built a giraffe before
    out of a bmx bike, but my question today is whether anyone here has
    built a micro giraffe out of a tiny "bmx" style bike and just made it
    the same height and possibly gearing to resemble a standard 20-24" uni.
    That way the wheels would be small enough to pack.

    I'd love to hear some feedback or advice. Anyhow, we're probably going
    to try and build them anyway, and will let you guys know if and how it
    goes....

    -Jeremy

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  2. You mean something like
    this?http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=656
    [image:
    http://www.unicycle.com/images/catalog/chaindriven/UNGB4Mini.jpg]

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  3. hehehehehehehe

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  4. i had a wicked dream a few nights ago, with one of these buggers in it.
    the sprockets had been replaced and it was geared up to sickening
    speeds, i recall riding it and travelling so fast that i could hardly
    maintain traction around slick corners. does anyone know if the drive or
    maybe axle sprockets could be easily replaced to tweak the gearing
    ratio? i'd like one of these if it could be made to go fast. hehe 😄

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  5. ah yes. the mini giraffe. so hard to ride. the seat post extender that
    makes it close to normal height for us tall folks makes it easier, but
    as is its like riding a uni with the seat 2 feet too low. hilarious
    looking though.

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  6. not sure if you can change the gearing but they really are quit fun to
    ride, and absolutely hilarious to watch some ride with out the seat post
    extention.

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  7. We saw this at UNICON 2002. It was at the Seafair Torchlight Parade and
    the guy rode it the entire parade length, all 3½ hours of it.

    Bruce

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  8. yoopers said:

    *We saw this at UNICON 2002. It was at the Seafair Torchlight Parade
    and the guy rode it the entire parade length, all 3½ hours of it.

    Bruce *

    That "guy" is Guy Hansen's son Brian. The Hansens have a large
    collection of novelty unicycles. Some of you may recall that it's Guy
    who is generally credited with creating the first unicycle that used the
    Coker tire - and later apparently convinced the Coker tire company to
    produce the "Big One".

    On a related note Brian recently ebarked on a two-year mission where he
    will teach people about his church. Missionaries from the Mormon church
    are routinely assigned to serve in nearly all the countries of the
    world. Guess where Brian was assigned?

    Minneapolis Minnesota. ;-)

    So, all you TCUC riders keep a lookout for a trails-ridin', one-wheeled
    Mormon missionary.

    -mg

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  9. Hahaah! Thats so funny to see that picture that Yoopers posted.
    Thats me in the red shirt, and my brother on the left. Brian was kind
    enough to let me ride the whole Seatle Seafair Parade on the mini.

    It was a bummer when his 4 wheeled uni got a flat tire (you can see half
    of it on the ground in the same picture). So we ended up taking turns on
    the mini.

    I'm pretty sure it was geared to a 24" wheel. It was a blast to ride! It
    was definitly a highlight for me, aside from the amazing Muni rides, and
    riding Harper's uni.5

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  10. I heard that the mini giraffe (the one that is sold on unicycle.com) is
    really hard to turn on. Looks like fun though anyway. thick tire.

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