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funnymummy said:
Funnymummy, you made me feel so much better...was getting very fed up with thinking I was the tallest with my 5'11 and 3/4s...
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Funnymummy, you made me feel so much better...was getting very fed up with thinking I was the tallest with my 5'11 and 3/4s...
Argh, so i had an absolute nightmare!!!
Bought myself a nice little adjustable stem with 60 degree adjustment, and a `riser` handlebar. Come to put it together and i must be missing a spacer or something as the central pin just kept turning, took it back out and appears i`ve threaded the hexagonal lock nut type thing. So now have no way of securing my forks, cant see them being an off the shelf item so looks like a new set of forks too now.
I should have just bought some deep heat and put up with the back pain!!!
Bought myself a nice little adjustable stem with 60 degree adjustment, and a `riser` handlebar. Come to put it together and i must be missing a spacer or something as the central pin just kept turning, took it back out and appears i`ve threaded the hexagonal lock nut type thing. So now have no way of securing my forks, cant see them being an off the shelf item so looks like a new set of forks too now.
I should have just bought some deep heat and put up with the back pain!!!
punkypossum
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I think (and don't quote me on that, because I'm a technical numpty) you can get the locknut replaced, so you wouldn't need new forks, just a trip to the lbs...
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Glad to be of servicepunkypossum said:Funnymummy, you made me feel so much better...was getting very fed up with thinking I was the tallest with my 5'11 and 3/4s...
Trev chin up
Good news, i didnt realise that star nut thing seems to do little else than hold the cap on. Anyway i managed to codge the new stem on and cycled to work with new stem and handlebar in place. When i got to work got that star nut out, re-tapped it and knocked it back into position, got a new cap head and fitted the cap back on *seemingly ok*.
Since waking up after cycling home only have a slight twinge in my back, but that has been present all this week following a fairly prolonged week of riding. The riding position seems a lot more comfortable if not a little alien to me, my back seems to ba kept a lot straighter and hopefully this will prove to be the key.
Thanks for the advice guys, much appreciated.
Regards, Trev.
Since waking up after cycling home only have a slight twinge in my back, but that has been present all this week following a fairly prolonged week of riding. The riding position seems a lot more comfortable if not a little alien to me, my back seems to ba kept a lot straighter and hopefully this will prove to be the key.
Thanks for the advice guys, much appreciated.
Regards, Trev.
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Trev
I'm 6'7" too, i ride a 25" tourer and a 23" hardtail mountain bike.
If you're after a budget bike you could go for a 2nd hand Galaxy or similar (plenty of good old Raleighs and Claud Butlers on you know where).
If you want new the Dawes Discovery hybrids go up to 23", i had one and it fitted me great, 201s start at about £150 - 200, going up to £5-600 for the 601.
Paul's Cycles often have the odd big bike heavily discounted if they just have 1 or 2 left.
Try not to have too much difference between bar and saddle height, your wrists will be agony and your lower back will hurt.
Good luck !
I'm 6'7" too, i ride a 25" tourer and a 23" hardtail mountain bike.
If you're after a budget bike you could go for a 2nd hand Galaxy or similar (plenty of good old Raleighs and Claud Butlers on you know where).
If you want new the Dawes Discovery hybrids go up to 23", i had one and it fitted me great, 201s start at about £150 - 200, going up to £5-600 for the 601.
Paul's Cycles often have the odd big bike heavily discounted if they just have 1 or 2 left.
Try not to have too much difference between bar and saddle height, your wrists will be agony and your lower back will hurt.
Good luck !
Bigtallfatbloke
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I am 6' 4 " tall. I ride a Dawes Galaxy tourer...which may or may not be your thing...(but it's a reasonable ride when not loaded as well). I have a 64cm frame, which is why I bought this type of tourer, because it was available in what I call 'normally huge' size
It cost me £650 brand new. I can ride all day on it 80-90 miles and not be in agony. I have spent a lot of time tweaking the position of the saddle, bars etc, even a mm change can make a huge difference to aches and pains I find. Having ridden this for about a year now I feel the urge to get a faster road race bike for shorter rides. I say this because I reckon I could ride a slightly smaller frame size, say a 61cm and be ok....so as I am 6'4" and you are 6'7" perhaps a 64cm frame would suit you (?) and with some time spent riding and 'tweaking' it may be a possible solution for you. It's never going to be a fast road bike though, but I can do 38 miles an hour on it down hill and it will carry a very heavy bloke like me and a heavy camping load a long way in reasonable comfort without breaking the bank I feel.
It cost me £650 brand new. I can ride all day on it 80-90 miles and not be in agony. I have spent a lot of time tweaking the position of the saddle, bars etc, even a mm change can make a huge difference to aches and pains I find. Having ridden this for about a year now I feel the urge to get a faster road race bike for shorter rides. I say this because I reckon I could ride a slightly smaller frame size, say a 61cm and be ok....so as I am 6'4" and you are 6'7" perhaps a 64cm frame would suit you (?) and with some time spent riding and 'tweaking' it may be a possible solution for you. It's never going to be a fast road bike though, but I can do 38 miles an hour on it down hill and it will carry a very heavy bloke like me and a heavy camping load a long way in reasonable comfort without breaking the bank I feel.
Good advice BTFB i also have a Dawes Galaxy 64cm,and Spa Cycles tweeked mine for me whilst i rode up and down outside the shop.Brill customer service.I also bought a xl Giant Rincon for towpath riding and old railway tracks.You can get quite a speed up on the Giant.I also am hankering after a road bike and a compact frame 58.5 has been mentioned to me.Which will take a rider of 6-4 to 6-7.So they say.