Look at the Size of this Bob Jackson, Show Your Tall Bikes!!!!!!!
04-30-12, 05:17 PM
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Look at the Size of this Bob Jackson, Show Your Tall Bikes!!!!!!!
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04-30-12, 05:18 PM
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Oh my....
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04-30-12, 05:23 PM
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For a basket ball player !!
04-30-12, 05:24 PM
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Geeze. What do you think that is? 70cm?
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04-30-12, 05:41 PM
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Frames that size should have bigger wheels.
Bill Walton used to ride quite a bit and he eventually had a big frame made for him with additional diagonal tubes to help stiffen it up.
Bill Walton used to ride quite a bit and he eventually had a big frame made for him with additional diagonal tubes to help stiffen it up.
04-30-12, 05:46 PM
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In about 45 states a subject line like that will get you arrested. Or at least investigated.
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Looks cool but I think extra tubes might have been in order?
04-30-12, 05:55 PM
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the text on the listing says 68cm C2C ST and 58 TT
I saw a write up on a big custome frame like that years ago.... '89 maye in one of the bike magazines. I am suprised this one does not have an extra TT or something.
I saw a write up on a big custome frame like that years ago.... '89 maye in one of the bike magazines. I am suprised this one does not have an extra TT or something.
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I'll pass that on to my friend, the gentle giant Montessori teacher who rides a 73cm Colian. He doesn't have a lot of seatpost showing on that bike iirc, maybe he could go smaller.
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04-30-12, 07:00 PM
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Just added it to my watch list, I ride a 68cm now but that Jackson has got to weigh a lot less than my Super Grand Prix.
Looks bigger than my bike though doesn't it?
Looks bigger than my bike though doesn't it?
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Yours looks a lot closer to a 64 than a 68; I suppose geometry could account for some of the relative difference in headtube length, but I really don't see the SGP as being an honest 68.
I know a guy who could ride it (and appreciate it); he's got a Woodrup that size he just had Chris Kvale repaint, but he's always on the lookout for new-to-him and nicer.
I know a guy who could ride it (and appreciate it); he's got a Woodrup that size he just had Chris Kvale repaint, but he's always on the lookout for new-to-him and nicer.
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Yours looks a lot closer to a 64 than a 68; I suppose geometry could account for some of the relative difference in headtube length, but I really don't see the SGP as being an honest 68.
I know a guy who could ride it (and appreciate it); he's got a Woodrup that size he just had Chris Kvale repaint, but he's always on the lookout for new-to-him and nicer.
I know a guy who could ride it (and appreciate it); he's got a Woodrup that size he just had Chris Kvale repaint, but he's always on the lookout for new-to-him and nicer.
I just rechecked the one pictured above and center of crank to the top of the crossbar at the seat tube is 68cm, crossbar is 60cm center to center and the steer tube is 27cm from cup to cup.
I didn't measure the stand over again but I'm 6'6" with about a 36" inseam and I barely clear the crossbar, I love the bike though because it's the first bike I could ever stretch out on.
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