Roll-Monroe-Co

https://bloomington.craigslist.org/bik/1876674632.html

Schwinn Road Bicycle - 68 cm - $160 (Bloomington (West side))
Date: 2010-08-02, 1:55PM EDT
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I am selling my Schwinn World Sport 68 cm road bicycle. The price is $160/obo. I'm guessing the bike is from the early '90's, and I just put new handle bar tape on the bars this summer. It has normal wear on it but is in overall very good shape. There are pictures below, and if you would like more information just let me know. If this add is still up then I still have the bike. Thanks!

Chicago Al 

I know a guy who would probably fit on that bike. If I didn't know he already has three or more in his apartment I'd refer this one to him. He's my son's former teacher, and he's 6-8 or more and built. A problem he and other big guys have is not just finding a frame that fits, but they tend to break them or just wear them out. He has had tubes break, lugs loosen, etc. So he stockpiles them, but only has room for so many.

Zaphod Beeblebrox 

where's that picture of the basketball player on a 70cm?

dokydoky

I used to ride a 68cm Nishiki Olympic- usually I ride a 62-63, and the 68 Nishiki had a pretty short top tube (I measured it around 60 c-c), so it was basically like my technomic-equipped 63cm touring bike but with a bit less standover.

Jeff Wills

Put it on the Portland Craigslist, and see if Przybilla picks it up. He's already got a Co-Motion hybrid, and he's getting a custom 29'er built:
https://bikeportland.org/2010/08/03/l...ers-przybilla/

bobbycorno

OMG! A bike that's actually TOO BIG for me!! Can I stand the shock????

But seriously, if you ever run across a 66cm (26") Paramount P10 or P15 lemme know, 'k? IIRC, 26" was actually listed as a stock size in the Schwinn catalogs, but I've never seen (or heard of) one.

SP
Bend, OR

douchebagonwhlz

really good deal for any tall guy. even for a townie.

Roll-Monroe-Co

I'm always a little surprised when I see common, mass-produced bikes this large.

FZ1Tom

That would probably be this one (didn't know the bike was a 70cm though).

billwaltonvelodr&#.jpg

Tom

ColonelJLloyd 

He could've shaved some time off had he lost the sideburns.

Poguemahone

I could ride it, but it's a little big. Just a little big. You'd need long legs-- most of the moderately tall folks I know (6' 6" range) ride the same size short little me does.

Kobe 

One of the reasons I ride C&V bike is because in the good ole days they made bikes in this size. At least through the 80's you could still get them with straight top tubes. None of that 4 sizes fit all that is being pushed.

If you are over 6'5" and don't want to go custom, the best option is a bike from the 70's or 80's. My smallest bike is a 65cm and largest is a 69cm. The biggest problem with bikes this large is reaching the down tube shifters. This Schwinn has stem shifters, but in a way that is an advantage because it can be converted to bar ends cheaply.

ColonelJLloyd 

As opposed to DT shifters?

Kobe 

My thinking is why pay extra for a bike with down tubes if you are just going to convert it to bar ends anyway.

auchencrow

If you are over 5'6" you probably can't find a modern road bike that fits.

BigPolishJimmy

I have 2 bikes this size, a Schwinn Traveler and a Fuji Monterey. I'm only 6'4" and lanky to boot, so the standover is pretty brutal, but man they are comfy to ride.

Zaphod Beeblebrox 

i'd bet its like riding a big shock absorber

I'm not actually sure that Bill Walton's bike is exactly a 70cm , but I know its close.

Glennfordx4

I have the same bike in gray just waiting to be put back together because I was having a hard time selling large framed bikes at the time so it got put on the back burner,I don't even know if I could test ride it when I get it finished.

bigbossman 

I recently sold a 68cm Centurion to a tall young man. He had just had his bike stolen, and we happy about it because it was too small, anyway. He could not get to my house fast enough - even brought his parents over, who were visiting from Montana.

I've found that large bikes in the 24-25" (62-63cm) range are slow movers, but when you get to the far end of the mass production scale (27") they sell pretty fast.

Maddox

That's Bill Walton's Track Bike.

Here's his custom Masi, built in San Marcos, CA, welded by Dave Moulton and Ted Kirkbride and hand painted with a Grateful Dead theme:

illwafer

when i lived in minneapolis, i saw pryzbilla at a used record store there. he bought a Total cd lol.

FZ1Tom

Neat read, and I followed the comments to an even BIGGER bike.

80cm, anyone? Oh my goodness!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/69147770@N00/75637813

FZ1Tom

I'm kinda wondering why, since the frames are pretty much one-off customs that are clearly far out of proportions for a typical 700c wheelset, why (if money is presumably not a factor) not a larger wheelset? I can see where this would be headed, though....you'd have to get tire/tube companies on board as well, and then getting all the gearing figured out (and fabricated) would be a royal pain. I always wanted to be taller when I was younger, but I don't think tall cyclists have it very good compared to regular issue humans

Tom

Jeff Wills

Well... you can't change just one thing... 700C/29" wheels look and work fine for 99.9% of people so you're starting with a pretty (ahem) small marketplace. When 29'er mountain bikes were starting off, a couple builders experimented with 36" wheels:
https://twentynineinches.com/2007/02/...ext-big-thing/
but I haven't heard anything since. I think the rims and tires are from Coker: https://www.cokercycles.com/product.php?productid=31

Kommisar89

Wow! When I first looked at that picture I thought it was a regular sized guy standing next to two kids!