Has any one ( Gilby?) put together a Coker two wheeler giraffe yet? if so
could you ride it?
sarah
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Euro-cycle 2001 20 - 22 July Plymouth UK A european unicycle convention
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Greetings
In message “Coker two wheeler giraffe?”, Sarah Miller wrote…
>Has any one ( Gilby?) put together a Coker two wheeler giraffe yet? if
>so could you ride it?
How interesting! About 20 years ago, when I started unicycling in Japan,
there was a big wheel giraffe – I believe the wheel had 42" – built by a
bike shop in Osaka (Ogawa?) that subsequently built several 42" big
wheels. I rode that monster, which I think was around 8 feet tall – boy,
what a feeling! I have pictures somewhere…
Speaking of monsters, you might be interested in the 13-wheel unicycle
built by Hayashi in Nagoya – a true monstrosity! Here is a picture of me
riding it (very heavy) at a unicycle meet in Nagoya:
<a href="http://www.kanji.org/kanji/jack/unicycle/images/13wheel.jpg">http://www.kanji.org/kanji/jack/unicycle/images/13wheel.jpg</a>
I guess 13 wheels must be the record for multiwheelers. I have a large
collection of multiwheeler pictures – I wish I had the time to digitize
them – maybe someone is willing to undertake the task. These include the
following number of wheels: , 0.5, 1, 1.5. 2, 2.5,3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13. I
have ridden them all. (The 2.5 is quite dangerous and not recommended.)
BTW, the 0, 0.5, 1.5 and 2.5 are not jokes.
Stay on top, Jack Halpern, IUF Vice President Website:
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I haven’t gotten around to making one yet…