Timeline for Tall man's bike - which manufacturers?
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| Jun 21, 2016 at 11:09 | history | edited | Criggie♦ |
add new TALL tag
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| Jul 15, 2015 at 18:02 | history | reopened |
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| S Jul 15, 2015 at 1:41 | history | edited | andy256 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Add bike-fit to tags - dlu, and removed rant - andy.
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| S Jul 15, 2015 at 1:41 | history | suggested | dlu |
Add bike-fit to tags.
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| Jul 15, 2015 at 1:37 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jul 15, 2015 at 1:15 | comment | added | dlu | I think it will be automatically queued for review. | |
| Jul 14, 2015 at 20:43 | comment | added | Dean J | I've massively rewritten the question; can folks who closed it vote to reopen, if you see this? | |
| Jul 14, 2015 at 20:42 | history | edited | Dean J | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
editing to make it a more valid question.
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| Jul 14, 2015 at 20:39 | comment | added | Dean J | No worries at all! See my own answer to the question below, which was damn awesome. | |
| Jul 14, 2015 at 20:28 | comment | added | dlu | @andy256 I think editing is the way to go as an "oversized" rider myself I would have loved to have found some articles in this vein when I was looking (and when I start looking again) for a bike. DeanJ, I'd be happy to make a pass at editing if you'd like. Oops, hangs head in shame, just noticed that this is not a new question… | |
| Jan 7, 2015 at 18:13 | history | closed |
Batman mattnz andy256 jimchristie♦ |
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| Jan 2, 2015 at 22:47 | answer | added | Dean J | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 2, 2015 at 5:25 | comment | added | andy256 | @DeanJ I have voted to close this question in it's current form; I think deep down it's a valuable question so I encourage you edit so that it's closer to the question that Davorin Ruševljan has answered - something like "How to obtain a bike that is outside off-the-shelf size ranges". Perhaps also a post to Bicycles Meta could give you help to avoid closure. | |
| Jan 2, 2015 at 2:39 | comment | added | Dean J | @JohnZwinck I've been trolling craigslist for a few months. :-) | |
| Jan 2, 2015 at 0:27 | comment | added | John Zwinck | @DeanJ: Aha, now this is a familiar problem! Many years ago I was helping my girlfriend find a bike. We went to several shops and were met with blank stares, as if a 5'1" person had never ridden a bicycle before. She actually fit just fine on the smallest model of most bikes, but these were rarely in stock, and when they were, it was always "In a box in the basement, we'll build it if you commit to buy it." We found literally one bike that fit her assembled but it was a pure race machine. So we switched to Craigslist shopping, and things got much better. You could try the same. | |
| Jan 1, 2015 at 20:43 | comment | added | Chris H | Certainly stem length has a major effect on handling as well as fit, both of which seem more important on road bikes. But the stem lengths seem to vary widely as standard so you might be lucky. | |
| Jan 1, 2015 at 20:12 | comment | added | Dean J | @ChrisH will give GT a shot as well, thank you! One of the worries is that just making the stem longer seems to wreck the steering; my current bike is iffy in that regard. :-) | |
| Jan 1, 2015 at 20:11 | comment | added | Dean J | @JohnZwinck; the problem is that no one ever has the XXL frame in-stock, in any model. Of the five shops I've tried, all are very willing to order me something sight-unseen... but no one has anything for me to try out. | |
| Jan 1, 2015 at 11:04 | answer | added | Davorin Ruševljan | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 1, 2015 at 9:12 | comment | added | Chris H | I'm no road bike expert but my hybrid is a GT in an "XL" frame. I'm a few inches shorter than you but not in the legs and the saddle is near the bottom of its travel. You'd want a longer stem than me probably. So they certainly cater for tall riders in some bikes. I think they're also part of a wider group of brands which might give you more scope. | |
| Jan 1, 2015 at 8:44 | comment | added | John Zwinck | I suggest the same approach as for regular-size people: shop around, try multiple brands, see what works. Clearly the labeled size is not a sufficient indicator for a man of your stature, e.g. Giant has bikes that only go to "58 cm" yet they are just as big as a Trek "62 cm". P.S. I like giant-bicycles.com/en-us/bikes/model/defy.advanced.1/18732/… in your price range. | |
| Jan 1, 2015 at 5:07 | comment | added | Dean J | And I can't imagine that the answer would obsolete quickly here. One example is that Surly bikes tend to have longer top tubes; while a specific "this bike" will obsolete quickly, the question is "which manufacturers have geometry suitable to a tall guy with a long torso", and manufacturers don't seem to change geometry in any major way over time. Seem reasonable? | |
| Jan 1, 2015 at 5:05 | comment | added | Dean J | I just explained, in the question, why starting with a specific bike shop... usually stinks. :-) In Pittsburgh, Big Bang Bikes was terrific, and helped me with my last bike. I've since moved to Silicon Valley, where every shop has enough business that, well, I don't trust any of them yet. | |
| Jan 1, 2015 at 4:05 | comment | added | Batman | That being said, your profile says you're in Pittsburgh, PA. Its a major city, so I'd expect you can find a decent bike shop to work with you on this. | |
| Jan 1, 2015 at 4:04 | comment | added | Batman | While you commented on a similar old question just now, unfortunately such questions aren't really suited for the stackexchange format: Voting to close under "Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations are off-topic because they tend to become obsolete quickly. Instead, describe your situation and the specific problem you're trying to solve.". | |
| Jan 1, 2015 at 2:37 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 1, 2015 at 1:57 | history | asked | Dean J | CC BY-SA 3.0 |