Tall Bikes,lets see'em!!

[CycoCycles]

Love that this thread is still truckin' after 2+ years...

Here's my contribution:

Simple as a dimple and clean as a whistle. No steps or pegs needed for mounting either.

While I'm at it, I've got a question for all you tallbikers. Has anyone mastered the wheelie on one of these?

[yoothgeye]

While I'm at it, I've got a question for all you tallbikers. Has anyone mastered the wheelie on one of these?

My red/orange/yellow/white fade tallbike is not able to wheelie unless you like falling off the back. If the front wheel comes more than 6" off the ground, you're over.

The other tall bike (with me as Buddy the Elf riding) is longer wheel base, so you can pop up the front wheel to get onto curbs and such, but any wheelie balance point is too close to the point of no return to consider "riding" a wheelie, but I can bunny hop it.

[kingfish254]

You guys should take a look at the vintage photo near the bottom of page 40 of this thread.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4738&p=495899#p495899

[udallcustombikes]

Just finished this one today. I have ridden about 8 or 10 miles around town and getting a kick out of all the people taking pics and video as they drive past. Even had a few pull over in side streets to get better pics and chat with me as I roll by.

[yoothgeye]

Just finished this one today. I have ridden about 8 or 10 miles around town and getting a kick out of all the people taking pics and video as they drive past. Even had a few pull over in side streets to get better pics and chat with me as I roll by.

I love the attention mine gets, just making people smile makes me happy.

How's yours handle with the big forward apes?

I was cleaning out today, taking a bunch of bikes to the scrapper tomorrow, but saved frames for a couple more tall bikes, I want a fleet of them!

[Eclipse]

I'm starting to get the bug for them. I'm just scared of crashing. That's a tall fall.

[yoothgeye]

I'm starting to get the bug for them. I'm just scared of crashing. That's a tall fall.

If you build it, you will know how to properly crash it. I've ridden both of mine probably 100 miles and never an incident, but I know the bike well, I am always nervous putting someone else on it, especially after my brother-in-law, an accomplished BMX racer, mountain bike racer, and all around bike guy crashed one twice within minutes.

When you build you own, you build you "way out" that's hard to teach other people sometimes.

[udallcustombikes]

Just finished this one today. I have ridden about 8 or 10 miles around town and getting a kick out of all the people taking pics and video as they drive past. Even had a few pull over in side streets to get better pics and chat with me as I roll by.

I love the attention mine gets, just making people smile makes me happy.

How's yours handle with the big forward apes?

I was cleaning out today, taking a bunch of bikes to the scrapper tomorrow, but saved frames for a couple more tall bikes, I want a fleet of them!

It handles like a dream. We had a bunch of family over today and I rode it around for a while. They all enjoyed watching and the kids got excited when the firetruck honked their horn at me as they went by.

[yoothgeye]

Made a tall bike for my son yesterday, needs paint, but was ridden by 2 200 pound people yesterday (not at the same time) and it's safe, very stable:

[deorman]

Flake off the old coconut.

[yoothgeye]

Flake off the old coconut.

Haha, that's a new one to me, but fitting.

[bpellham]

Thanks to Yooth, I have started a tall bike for my kiddos. Made from ...... 20" girls bikes pictures to come later!

[bpellham]

here it is, paint has begun.

[yoothgeye]

I've seen shorter tall bikes for adults, I like it! Just realize the danger of these things, a normal fall that's nothing on a regular bike becomes serious on one of these, trust me, been there, done that.

[bpellham]

10-4 on the danger factor yooth! I understand 100%

now we have started on a 26" tall bike, the boys want to ride them at the beach park tomorrow.

A huge thanks to uncle jack for the use of his flux core welder