How to build a better tall bike

landotter said:

This isn't my thing, but I see a lot of younger folks building these
crazy tall bikes around town, and saw this write-up on how to make a
nominally safer one:

http://www.instructables.com/id/EBLRJ93SV6EP2868UK/

Seems to make much more sense to my testicles compared to the regular
style which just welds one frame on top of another.

More kinetic energy when your nuts hit the cross bar? No thanks! or you
could wear some of these at the same time!

http://www.powerskip.de/mainpage.html

Joseph

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You'll never see me on one, but I do appreciate anything nutty and bike
related. *g*

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landotter said:

This isn't my thing, but I see a lot of younger folks building these
crazy tall bikes around town, and saw this write-up on how to make a
nominally safer one:

http://www.instructables.com/id/EBLRJ93SV6EP2868UK/

Seems to make much more sense to my testicles compared to the regular
style which just welds one frame on top of another.

More kinetic energy when your nuts hit the cross bar? No thanks! or you
could wear some of these at the same time!

http://www.powerskip.de/mainpage.html

Is that a powerskip in your pocket?

landotter said:

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landotter said:

This isn't my thing, but I see a lot of younger folks building these
crazy tall bikes around town, and saw this write-up on how to make a
nominally safer one:

http://www.instructables.com/id/EBLRJ93SV6EP2868UK/

Seems to make much more sense to my testicles compared to the regular
style which just welds one frame on top of another.

More kinetic energy when your nuts hit the cross bar? No thanks! or you
could wear some of these at the same time!

http://www.powerskip.de/mainpage.html

Is that a powerskip in your pocket?

That's not how you wear them!

Joseph

landotter said:

This isn't my thing, but I see a lot of younger folks building these
crazy tall bikes around town, and saw this write-up on how to make a
nominally safer one:

http://www.instructables.com/id/EBLRJ93SV6EP2868UK/

Seems to make much more sense to my testicles compared to the regular
style which just welds one frame on top of another.

My experience with tallbikes suggests that one with long, poorly
supported masts like that would be far more subject to damage than a
"traditional" layout.

Tallbikes fall down. A lot. And they hit the ground _hard_. Mine has
written off handlebars, cranks, pedals, saddles, and seatposts from the
tumbles it's taken. If it had been built like the one at the link, the
frame would certainly have given out by now.

It is a common and astute configuration for a tallbike to have a
ladies' or mixte frame on the top, which allows an easier step through
for mounting and dismounting.

Chalo