1 foot riding and giraffes

Andya5@aol.com
Tue, 14 Nov 1995 23:15:51 -0500

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