[Closed] Is there a frame that a tall person sits in rather than on ?

xl 29r.

29er. It's definitely the way ahead for tall blokes.

I'm 6'4" and have finally found bikes that I fit properly and they're 29ers.

Doesn't really matter how it looks, as long as it rides fine.

Dear god, did I really just say that?

I'm going to go have a quiet word with myself.

Also, 29er?

29er gives me just that effect v a 26er

29er? Bars are lower than the saddle on most bikes anyway. I'd definitely be better suited to a 29er at 6ft 1 but i'm all legs, so my bike looks like a complete gate anyway.
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My bike, but now has a shorter lower stem and wider bars so the front end is a bit lower than pictured.

just to add, i have a xl singular, fitted with 120mm reba's, which are probably too long, untill the trail goes downhill.
then i sit back in the saddle, and it feels like a long travel hardtail.

Any 29er ?

Some of them look like they've been 'squashed' to give a similar sizing to a 26.

Needs to be able to be ridden down the Pleney (although not the precipice or the ten percenter) but up the Col de Cou.

ventana el capitan
kona honzo
intense f29r
turner sultan
niner wfo

My local Ed Cycles has a new Spesh Camber 29er and it sort of looks right.
At 6ft2 i'd see myself on such a machine in future.

29er sounds about right, I've just built my first 29er and I must say it's a revelation,
Really! 😯

the bars on my bikes are way lower than Sambob's...and now I'm the wrong side of 50 my back is complaining

36er.

How tall are you OP?

my singular is similar to this one, but the forks are a tad longer, hence a more sat up position.

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Last week I attempted to get the handlebars up to seat height by using a steerer extension

You might want to start here.......

At correct leg extension, I doubt very much that you'll get the bars near the seat if you have long legs. If you do, you will mess up the handling of the bike.

Get a dropper post. I got one recently and it is brilliant as I have a 35" inside leg and my saddle is stupidly high for climbs.

the most sat in frame I've experienced is a Cube Stereo (or presumably the shorter travel Sting).

I once had a go on Singletrackmind's proflex and my knees were higher than the bars, now that was odd.

Don't worry about what you look like, who cares, that isn't why you ride a bike surely! Just think about how the bike is to ride. I'm just under 6'5" and ride a large Trance, it is about an inch too short in the top tube but the XL was like climbing over a gate. I wouldn't mind trying a 29er but I don't feel any need to ride one over a 26er based on my height.

One of my mates had an inch or two removed from his legs (knee problems and was probably only a couple of mm if he wasn't using it as an excuse for being short 😉 ). There are other options out there to get a bike that fits you!

Surgery. Hmm, might be a bit drastic...

If you're worried about how you look on a bike it may be the only option 😉 😆

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In 'looking right' I mean like Dr Jon's frames in this month's STW. Anyone know how tall he is ?

http://www.konaworld.com/gravity_hardtail.cfm?content=honzo

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Liking that Kona, liking tha Satori even more...

".... sits in...."

How tall are you OP?

😕