1 foot riding and giraffes

[Andya5@aol.com]

A month or so ago I ask for help on the transition from 1 foot idling to 1 foot
riding. "Thank you" to the people that responded. I have made progress. I can
now make this transition maybe 70% fo the time (on a good day) and from there it
is pretty easy to continue 1 foot riding. Probably the best advice I recieved
was just to keep trying. I should have this down solid soon.

Also some questions on giraffes. I just finished building my 6ft giraffe. If you
remember sometime in the July time frame I asked people to measure the
dimensions of their giraffes. Well mine is now done. It turned out really nice
and was lot's of fun to build. So...

1) How do I learn to ride this thing? Any advice? I don't have any place at the
present where I can ride it indoors. And it has been pretty cold outside. I
do have 1 spot in my house where the ceiling goes up to a 10ft peak and I
have climbed up on the step ladder and onto the giraffe. I can idle pretty
well this way and have practiced jumping down. It does seem pretty scary.
Assuming I can find a place to practice how should I go about it?

2) How tight should I keep the chain? I have chain tighteners installed and can
tighten up the chain to almost any point. How tight does it need to be?

Andy Arhelger andya5@aol.com

[Beirne Konarski]

> Also some questions on giraffes. I just finished building my 6ft giraffe. If
> you remember sometime in the July time frame I asked people to measure the
> dimensions of their giraffes. Well mine is now done. It turned out really nice
> and was lot's of fun to build. So...
>
> 1) How do I learn to ride this thing? Any advice? I don't have any place at
> the present where I can ride it indoors. And it has been pretty cold
> outside. I do have 1 spot in my house where the ceiling goes up to a 10ft
> peak and I have climbed up on the step ladder and onto the giraffe. I can
> idle pretty well this way and have practiced jumping down. It does seem
> pretty scary. Assuming I can find a place to practice how should I go
> about it?

I've only ridden a giraffe twice (that's get on and ride twice, not two
sessions). I started from a tall fence, got my courage up and rode. I fell off
when I tried idling at the street, but was able to idle the second time, ride
down the street, turn around, and come back. The controlled dismount was the
hard part. I tried stepping off of the back, and ended up on my back. Make
sure you roll.

What I'm trying to say is riding a giraffe really isn't very hard. You'll need
to wait for better weather, though.

BTW, I tried riding a 40" uni at the NUC this year, but was to scared to ride it
properly enough to be successful. I was braver about riding the giraffe.

Beirne

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