My son loves his unicycle. He is very agile on his current one…though I suspect his skill is sub-par compared to uni enthusiasts who post on this uni message board.
He gracefully mounts and dismounts his and has endurance on it (takes it to the park a mile away). So, we would like to get him a tall uni (giraffe) for Christmas.
Best put, the advice I am seeking is to recommend a giraffe that will carry him into his teens, if there is such. And I don’t want to break the bank. He races motocross, so the bank is already broken!
Giraffe unicycles are great for novelty effect. It’s a good idea if he either wants to impress people or simply be high up.
At ten years old, I would have thought a giraffe unicycle was pretty cool.
If you want him to be able to actually ride it, don’t get a two wheeler – he would have to pedal backwards!
Unless you’re willing to do an intensive search for something else, the Nimbus and the Torker are pretty much your only options. The Nimbus is a much higher quality, but costs about twice as much as the Torker.
Thank you. In honesty, the giraffe will be for novelty and for balance. He had a uni in the first place to work on balance during the off season of MX, and to occupy his mind! The Torker is the one I was looking at.
My main concern was to get one that will grow with him.
What unicycle does he already have? A 20" trials or 24" MUni may be better than a giraffe if he wants to advance in his skills - hops, drops, off-road… I suspect he would get much more out of it than a giraffe, which has more limits with what you can do.
I got my first giraffe unicycle when I was 11 years old for Christmas. The giraffe I got was a no brand name 5 foot chrome giraffe from a local hardware store for $420 (AUD) It’s three years later now and i have still got it. I’m sure your son will impress many of the public and enjoy riding it. I started busking on mine down at the city and I made hundreds $$$ =D.