Sassonian

Hi

After many years of drooling over a custom built Zinn - I finally own one.



I wrote a review of it for a local cycling site here in NZ - which gives the full details...

https://roadcycling.co.nz/GearTalk/pr...xperience.html

A few weeks on from that - I still can't say enough about it.

If you want to go faster - and you're tall - then have a good look at this.

Cheers

Adrian.

Bikeforumuser0022

Sweet!

Congratulations

10 Wheels

Very nice....

Mr. Beanz

WHOAH! How tall are you?

Sassonian

6'7" and 275lbs. It's got custom built 210mm cranks that mean I can finally use my long levers to full effect. It's meant a huge jump in performance. The bottom bracket is built higher off the ground to accommodate the long cranks.

Mr. Beanz

Cool! Nice bike, but glad I'm a shorty at 6'1. That would be way out of my league and budget!

LeeG

That is fantastic. I was teaching sea kayaking for awhile and I wasn't able to get folks your size into a kayak until I made one.
As long as you've got a custom road bike I wonder if you considered a 26" wheeled sport/tour road bike? It would be one way to compensate for the higher bb as the slightly smaller wheels feel a smidge more sure footed with a lower wheel center and the 1.5" tire has LOTS of stick on the ashphalt. I got one made up years ago and although it's not an improvement for speed/hill climbing the 1.5" tires are good for worry free smashing through holes and no loss at average 14-18mph riding speeds.

shmily_dana

Nice bike. I'm kicking myself a little for not getting a custom frame that allows longer cranks.

Antelope 70cm

Beautiful ride!!!

Mazama

Super! I looked into Zinn when I was searching for a custom, but they were a bit pricey. I went with a Co-Motion and I have no regrets. Happy riding fellow tall dude!

thirdgenbird

who made the cranks?

looks pretty sweet. ive looked at getting that fork myself. any initial comments?

Sassonian

Thanks Mazama. Nice looking bike!

thirdgenbird: The cranks are custom built for Zinn. Proportional length cranks are a key part of his design philosophy. As to the fork it's an Alpha Q Z-pro fork that they use on all their Project Big bikes. I don't really have anything to compare it with other than my old steel forks which flexed like crazy. All I know is that I was reluctant to stand and sprint on my old bikes because of fork flex - and I'm not now - although I'm having to teach myself this as sitting to sprint had become a habit. I don't know what it's like compared to other carbon forks as I've never used any.

Here's the blub though - which may help...

The special Alpha Q full-carbon Z-pro fork features a 450mm steering tube – way beyond the industry standard 300mm (or, if you are lucky, 350mm)!
The super-long carbon steerer is also super-stiff. It is 1-1/8” in diameter, and its 4mm wall thickness is far greater than that of most full-carbon forks, including other True-Temper AlphaQ models. This, combined with the patented AlphaQ Carbon Rooting™ technology reinforcing the steering tube and crown, not only makes for a stronger fork, but the difference in stiffness is what is particularly noticeable for a tall rider. When you have a long steering tube inside of a tall bike, there is actually quite a bit of flex that you cannot see – flex of the steering tube inside of the frame’s head tube. This fork’s super-stout steering tube minimizes that.

I've posted some more photos of my bike here...
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...taniums/page51
(you might need to scroll down to see them.)

FlaMike

That's one nice looking bike.