Eric A. Gebhart
1995-09-01, 09:05 PM
I saw a post earlier by Ken i beleive, saying that geared up giraffes are not
good due to the wheel turning faster than the pedals. or something like that.
What do you mean?
I have 3 giraffes of various wheel sizes and heights. They have all had
different gearing including 1:1. they are all currently geared up 1.2:1 of 1.5:1
I have no problem with the wheel/pedal synchronization. In fact I've always
thought it improved the handling, faster turns etc.
I will agree speed on a giraffe is crazy, getting thrown from 5-6' up at
anything over 12 mph could be painful. I had my 26" giraffe at 1.5:1 for a while
till I was thrown almost 20' landed running as fast as possible.
Just curious about what was said.
Eric
good due to the wheel turning faster than the pedals. or something like that.
What do you mean?
I have 3 giraffes of various wheel sizes and heights. They have all had
different gearing including 1:1. they are all currently geared up 1.2:1 of 1.5:1
I have no problem with the wheel/pedal synchronization. In fact I've always
thought it improved the handling, faster turns etc.
I will agree speed on a giraffe is crazy, getting thrown from 5-6' up at
anything over 12 mph could be painful. I had my 26" giraffe at 1.5:1 for a while
till I was thrown almost 20' landed running as fast as possible.
Just curious about what was said.
Eric