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Just curious to see photos of bikes owned by tall people - to see how they set up the stems/steerers, seatpost, length of head tube, relative saddle/bar position, etc.


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 9:38 am
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Here's my mincing chariot. Size is big.

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60cm

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22'

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23''

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Size 61 Road bike:

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XL Nukeproof (with seat down and up):

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TooTall to the thread please

TooTalls bike - hope you don't mind me posting 🙂

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(yes they are 700c wheels)


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 10:14 am
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Mine when I bought 18 months ago...bit different now, frame the same size though


 
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Mountain bike:
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Road bike #1 (note stem is now lower and saddle a touch further back
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Road bike #2
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My 21" Kili, although it's had a fair few changes since this picture was taken.

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Long bike is loooong!


 
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^ Bloody hell!


 
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😀 That saddle bag!


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:15 am
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For those of you who've swapped from 26" frames to 29ers, would it be fair to say you're running fewer spacers under the stem, or a lower rise stem than you did on your 26" frames?

Road bike, BTW:
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TooTall wins it. Longmover close second


 
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"The Windy Man! The Long Mover!"


 
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Good old Bob Fossil!


 
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My 21.5" Sola....

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Posted : 30/01/2016 4:58 pm
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Monty - yes, definitely. The 29er forks are typically longer on you usually need to in order to get the same position.

Mine's actually negative rise. These bikes are both set up for the same contact point positions.

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You keep bullying me with that picture!


 
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I'm 6ft 5 🙂

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Don't have this any more but also 6'5" (XL stumpy fsr 29er)

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Dont have this one any more either!

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XL Smuggler, does not look remotely farm gatey

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Posted : 30/01/2016 8:56 pm
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XL Lurcher
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Jim, is that Vitus far away or just ridden by a midget?


 
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It's ridden by a Very Special Little Person 😀


 
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For those of you who've swapped from 26" frames to 29ers, would it be fair to say you're running fewer spacers under the stem, or a lower rise stem than you did on your 26" frames?

Yeah, I had risers on the 26" and a couple of spacers but have flat/5mm bars on the 29ers


 
Posted : 30/01/2016 9:16 pm
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I am around 6ft4, my XL Thumper and XL London Road:

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Bigjim, you've swapped for a parkwood now, haven't you? Any pics of it. I'm really interested to see how the reach and position works out compared to the lurcher.


 
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XL Scott Big Jon:
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47" wheelbase + 30" tyres = ~6'5" end to end


 
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Bigjim, you've swapped for a parkwood now, haven't you? Any pics of it. I'm really interested to see how the reach and position works out compared to the lurcher.

no pics but the L parkwood is definitely shorter reach than the XL lurcher, maybe 2-3cm at the bars based on a highly scientific hold the frames against each other test. If I was just doing xc stuff like the Selkirk marathon and Glentress 7 which I bought the Lurcher for I'd stick with it as it really eats up the miles, but for short steep woods action which I do most of the time the Parkwood is better and not much heavier. Shame they didn't do an XL.


 
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I've just swapped components over onto an old 26" 8500 frame I had kicking about, following the demise of my Inbred.
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It rides fine but I've never liked the aesthetics of piles of spacers under the stem. I guess I'll be biting the bullet and buying into the 29er thing when this one breaks, so at least that's one problem solved.


 
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My Stumpjumper XXL I'm 6'5. looks a little different now

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Custom-sized XXXXL 29er from Talbot Frameworks. ( not my garden ).

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Jezzzuuusss too tall! What did your parents feed you as a kid? ?

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I can't have my road bike as the only picture on here (bullying by trickydisco)

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23" Turner Sultan.


 
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One from this weekend (26" wheels)

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The Allez in a 61 frame from a different angle

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XL Blue Pig

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Extra long Curtis SuperX

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A giant riding a tiny bike


 
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XL 26" Epic.

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My current bike, Stanton Sherpa

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My old Charge Cooker

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My Pinnacle Arkose

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And finally my old P7

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Some of you lot really need to try a bike that actually fits you!


 
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Have we done this one yet? 🙂

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Or this one?
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I'm 6'3... 22" carrera 26er

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Custom-sized XXXXL 29er from Talbot Frameworks. ( not my garden ).

wow - just googled Talbot Frameworks as I'd never heard of them, some seriously stunning bikes on their gallery!


 
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XL High Tower looks great. Good replacement for v1 tallboy...raids piggy bank realises I'll need to wait for the High Tower 2....


 
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Xl transition patrol is a proper hoot

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6'2.5"

Cannondale F700 XL:
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On-One Inbred 21":
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Trek Cobia 21":
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Salsa Spearfish XL:
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Titus Fireline 20":
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Genesis High Latitude 20.5"
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Genesis Fortitude 20.5"
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Genesis Longitude 20.5"
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My XL Reign before upgrades and scratches
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This one is comically huge. Yes, it's a 29er 🙂

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How tall are you bedmaker? I'm 6'7" but that thing looks massive!


 
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Me? I'm a shortass, it's not my bike.
It stuck in my mind though as it appeared on the Shand blog around the time he was building my bike. Rider was 6'9.
215mm cranks too


 
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My Ex-L Orange Five. Being collected by it's new owner tomorrow.

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All XL or equivalent


 
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cheers_drive

This isn't a 'post a pic of your Medium sized bike' thread you know!


 
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They're are only medium compared to your xxxxl's!


 
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PX London Rd XL


 
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They're are only medium compared to your xxxxl's!

After the one time of riding your bike I vowed to never again ride bmx!


 
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I was riding a too small for me large at the time. Your Sultan was fast in straight lines but I couldn't get in round corners as the bars were higher than the saddle!


 
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Mine in the woods this morning

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Cannondale Trail SL Jumbo (xxl - 22") in 26 flavour. I'm a little over 6'5.

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Not quite dialed in - steep climbs are a problem as the front wanders too much. Wouldn't want the bars any lower though to be honest.
May try a slightly longer stem if I can find one.


 
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best bike ive owned.. tallboy Ltc

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