-> I hope to buy a new car sometime in the half year, and I wanted to make ->
sure I could fit a 6 foot giraffe unicycle in it. (You see, I also hope -> to
some day own a 6 foot giraffe unicycle.)
-> I know many compact sedans now have a back seat that folds down. What -> are
your experiences regarding different cars. How about the BMW 3 -> series (like
I’m really going get that)? What about a Toyota Corolla? -> Will the giraffe
fit in that?
-> Please share your findings, so I (and other like me) don’t buy a car -> which
will be deficiently long before it stops functioning.
>Subject: Re: “Giraffe-Friendly” Cars Sent: 4/12/97 5:28 am Received: 4/12/97 >8:41 am From: Nicholas Seow Chiang Price, unicycle@tartarus.uwa.edu.au To: >41FELBER@cua.edu >CC: unicycling@winternet.com > >I have a Holden Nova, which is exactly the same as a Corolla except its $2000 >cheaper and has different badges on it (some of the engine parts have toyota >written on them!) It’s not that great for transporting my 5 and a half foot >giraffe. even with the seat taken off, it won’t fit in the boot, and thus I >have to put it across the back seats or fold down the rear seats. Buy a kombi >van. More room than you could ever need! Nic > >On Mon, 1 Dec 1997 41FELBER@cua.edu wrote: > >> I hope to buy a new car sometime in the half year, and I wanted to make sure >> I could fit a 6 foot giraffe unicycle in it. (You see, I also hope to some >> day own a 6 foot giraffe unicycle.) >> >> I know many compact sedans now have a back seat that folds down. What are >> your experiences regarding different cars. How about the BMW 3 series (like >> I’m really going get that)? What about a Toyota Corolla? Will the giraffe fit >> in that? >> >> Please share your findings, so I (and other like me) don’t buy a car which >> will be deficiently long before it stops functioning. >> >
I recently bought a Daewoo Lanos. The thing is a three door box with a 60-40
split rear seat. When I go to gigs I have to carry three large costumes, one
five foot uni, one 7 foot handlebar with wheel, one normal uni and front wheel,
one bass guitar and large speaker and head, a lagerphone, my juggling suitcase
and my bagpipe case! - oh, I forgot the stilts!
Its a lot of stuff. (this is a worst case senario for me - not all jobs need
this much) I have no trouble fitting it all in - however, if I want company I
have to be a little more careful with the packing!
The hatchback has a lot to recommend it for performers!
I have a Toyota Corolla wagon which is just perfect for carrying my giraffe.
Unfortunately, auto makers are cutting back production of such practical small
station wagons which get 35-40 miles per gallon and don’t take up so much space.
Instead, they are switching to making (pick your term): Pigmobiles Sport
Fashion Vehicles Mall Rovers Land Bruisers View Blockers Killing Machines
Ramming Machines
>Subject: Re: “Giraffe-Friendly” Cars Sent: 5/12/97 2:30 am Received: 5/12/97 >8:04 am From: Gene, gene@charlestonbay.com To: unicycling@winternet.com > > >-> In continutation of this unicycling car business > >Just a thought… Has anyone seen/had a Giraffe that could be broken down at >the middle? > >GENE >
Yes. The Bill Fraser giraffes come apart - but they are only five foot high at
top. I have seen taller ones which came apart too. I just cannot remember where.
DM make a 5 - 8 foot adjustable that pulls apart. I think that it is still about
4 foot long (don’t quote me here) when pulled apart.
My first 5 foot uni pulled apart at the seat pole AND just below the cranks. It
was a good idea but whoever made it didn’t stop to think about the unicycle
frame twisting - which it did a lot.
Perhaps your local engineer could whip up a pull apart uni - expensive, but a
good idea for travelers nonetheless.
Apart from that have you considered a set of roof racks? That is how I carried
my 7 foot about a third of the way around Australia.
Tonight I went shopping with some people in preparation for J-Camp II: The
Revenge. It’s the UWA juggling club’s second annual camp, going from Friday to
Monday. i had the explicit pleasure of carrying home all the shopping plus some
other equipment. It all fitted in or on the reliable holden nova. included was:
-3 sets of stilts (on the roof rak)
a normal uni
a six footer
6 bottles of cordial
120 pieces of fruit
50 tomatotoes
2 kilograms of sugar
a very crass looking burpless cucumber
in general, enough food for 4 days for 30 starving uni students.
Hopefully we’ll have about ten unicycles on the camp, so i’ll write a report if
anything weird or wonderful happens.
At 08:30 97/12/08 +1100, Martin Hungerford wrote: > >Subject: Re: “Giraffe-Friendly” Cars Sent: 5/12/97 2:30 am Received: 5/12/97 > >8:04 am From: Gene, gene@charlestonbay.com To: unicycling@winternet.com > > > > > >-> In continutation of this unicycling car business > > > >Just a thought… Has anyone seen/had a Giraffe that could be broken down at > >the middle? > > > >GENE > > > Yes. The Bill Fraser giraffes come apart - but they are only five foot high > at top. I have seen taller ones which came apart too. I just cannot > remember where.
I have one with two extension posts that can become a 5-foot, 7-foot and
10-footer.
You’re right. We didn’t have enough sugar products and had to buy more
chocolate, Coke, cordial and Choc-bits (for the chocolate cake we made!)
I’m putting together a post about the camp, but having had 5-7 hours combined
sleep in two nights, i’m not very functional right now. Nic
On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Martin Hungerford wrote:
> snip > >- in general, enough food for 4 days for 30 starving uni students. > > Nick, I refuse to believe that any single vehicle could possibly carry enough > food for “4 days for 30 starving uni students”. > > > > Martin Hungerford