torker tx 5-ft giraffe

[TheGreenMonster]

im getting one for my birthday in like less then 20 days!!! but anyway is it a good buy ?

[kington99]

if you’re careful with them then yes they’re good fun. The two things to watch out for are bending the frame by dropping the uni, or the sprocket slipping because the ring has unscrewed, which causes sudden loss of drive.

[TheGreenMonster]

@gkmac

I’d say any giraffe would be a good buy.

I only ride my six-footer once every four months, but I wouldn’t dream of selling it. Loads of people say you can’t do much with them and the novelty doesn’t last long, but the amount of people I’ve met who sold their giraffe and ending up wishing they hadn’t…

i was thinking about that has anywone like tryd to do trials with a giraffe they wouldprolly die but it would be awesome ill prolly end up atleast trying to hop with it

[unicycleharry]

@kington99

if you’re careful with them then yes they’re good fun. The two things to watch out for are bending the frame by dropping the uni, or the sprocket slipping because the ring has unscrewed, which causes sudden loss of drive.

by saying ‘the sprocket slipping’, does that mean, the sprocket is slipping along the thread? or can the entire sprocket+thread combination slip relative to the hub?
My sprocket slipped today, and I’m wondering if just putting loctite on the thread will help, or it is actually slipping elsewhere.

Also…does anyone know which lockring spanner I should use on tx?

http://www.amazon.com/Park-Tool-HCW-5-Lock-Spanner/dp/B000C17KRI/ref=pd_sim_sg_1

or

http://www.amazon.com/Park-Tool-Fixed-Gear-Lockring-HCW-17/dp/B0049Z1BRI/ref=sr_1_2?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1380333928&sr=1-2&keywords=hcw+17