Kimjon Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 After finishing the drift trike, I needed a quick and achievable project to take on for an easy win. Talking to an avid cyclist friend of mine, he casually asked if I'd heard of "tall bikes save the world"? "WTF are you on about", was my reply! But when home I googled it and then couldn't stop thinking about it...so: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 The two bikes although the same brand were different sizes, so I had to remove about 15mm from the frame on all three sides: Then tack it together to check alignment: Yep, rough enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 Then tidy it up and paint: And finally learn to ride it, which was way easier than expected... Now off to save the world!!! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwibirdman Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 That looks like a lot of fun. Would it work to have the chain wheel on the pedals (up top) go down to the original front then a second chain to the rear sprockets. This would give at least 5 gears. It looked pretty high geared to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 4 hours ago, Kiwibirdman said: That looks like a lot of fun. Would it work to have the chain wheel on the pedals (up top) go down to the original front then a second chain to the rear sprockets. This would give at least 5 gears. It looked pretty high geared to me. Yes, absolutely. I was going to do it that way, but thought it would be cleaner this way. Both ways I could still run a rear derailleur and use the rear cassette, but for what it's for (just for fun) I didn't want to over complicate it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Wheelies must be TERRIFYING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 On 1/15/2018 at 20:13, flyingbrick said: Wheelies must be TERRIFYING Hell yes! Major fail on attempting that one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geophy Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Can confirm built one of these a couple of years ago as my only bike for riding to work when my car breaks down etc, suprisingly nice to ride its like riding a normal bike but you get to wave to truck drivers haha. Came off it a couple of months ago riding home from the pub and crashed into a fence so shes out of action but maybe its worth giving it sone attention and going for a tall bike cruise? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumeke Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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