BBBs - Big Beautiful Bikes

Why? It's a question that could be asked again, best answer it in public.

thanks apolloxl for keeping my brake up

Mine is fixed and has a front brake now, brakeless for the picture, looks cleaner.

is anybody mad enough to be brakelesss

Maybe you guys could have this conversation via PM?

Why? It's a question that could be asked again, best answer it in public.

thanks apolloxl for keeping my brake up

http://www.lfgss.com/thread1194.html

ahem.

wow u need spacers on that? are you 7 foot?

^^ needs bigger wheels to match the frame, in fact I often think that in this thread perhaps an 800c road wheel is needed for these big bikes to keep everything in proportion. Maybe some 200 mm cranks too. Obviously not race legal but for touring and commuting etc it would be great

36" wheeler.

with a 'little' bike for comparison.

i quite want one!

OoO what frame is that?

Huge custom built Italian steel track bike. I was told it was a one-off Faggin built for a team rider. Constructed with very stiff tubing, probably Columbus.
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Same frame.

faggin needs a quill stem but still very nice indeed

Loving the pink/black beast.

just given me the disgusting thought of painting my Concorde hot pink rather than matte black...

hmmmmm

^^^^I was at Davidson's shop in Seattle in June; upstanding guy and a real artisan. Mostly works with Ti these days, but his shop was full of examples of his steel work, along with a virtual museum of other builder's work including a Jack Taylor folder! (excuse crap pic)(make that tiny crap pic)https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Yow061tZtQk/TsxCu48DAYI/AAAAAAAABUI/AMEFNY0AICI/h120/96730007.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Yow061tZtQk/TsxCu48DAYI/AAAAAAAABUI/AMEFNY0AICI/s1280/96730007.JPG
better

Michael Jordan's 70cm Merckx

Really? He's only 6'6". Must have some serious inseam.

Really? He's only 6'6". Must have some serious inseam.

yeh im 6'3" and ride 61cm

Michael Jordan's 70cm Merckx

That'd fit me. Whered you find the pic?

No Andy, the question you should be asking is can you use it on your epic tour of the states?

Y'know, I reckon you can make a small single wheel trailer to haul that bike so you can go through some fantastic mountain on it while touring on the Surly.

Much like those yankee with their RV towing a convertible.

Really? He's only 6'6". Must have some serious inseam.

I'm 6'6" and ride a 61cm frame with ~15-20cm seatpost showing.
Im not even that leggy

I must be unusually non-leggy then as I ride a similar set-up and I'm 6'8".