[Closed] How tall are you?

Ooh I like a list!
5ft 9
73kg
Could do with shifting some lard.
Am about a stone lighter without my moobs n jelly belly 😀

Always enjoy that pic of tootall's massive purple bike. Fnaaar!

Considering MTBing is a physical sport

I think for a lot of people it's physical in the same sense as golf is physical.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. The physical bit, not the golf bit.

6ft/74kgs.

Heavy doesn't necessarily mean fat. You wouldn't look at me and think "overweight", which according to the BMI; I am (which is why it's bollocks)

Bloomin flip, we have a veritable army of GIANTS!! Or keyboard warriors, but can't see folk lying about this too much.

Current stats:

6ft 1 (186cm)

16.5st (105kg)... ideal weight is about 90kg, but it's hard for me to exercise properly at the mo with a detached tendon in my right shoulder.

Land of the giants in here...

6' 7" tall
15 stoneish

Tall enough to make gate like bikes look a lot smaller than they actually are.

5'8" / 172cm

3 stones lighter than I was two years ago but still 2 stones overweight. Working on it...

Considering MTBing is a physical sport I'm suprised by how many fat people there are on here.

Depends what you want to look like of course and how dedicated/obsessive you want to be. To my mind, Bradley Wiggins after his TdF win looked positively ill!

Just re-measured myself and I've grown back to 6'1" !!

It is summer which means I should be 5'8" and 11½ stone. I debunk the BMI thing as apparently I am obese but have 30" waist...
What amuses me is I have a few mates who are pretty much the same height but all have 3-4 stone more yet like to refer to me as "small". What is annoying is all my teenage nephews are taller than me...

5'11 and a gnat's testicle.
12st 10lbs
9" drop

I lied. I weighed myself when I got to work and I'm 61kgs not 62 as I thought. Joy. 9st 8lbs - still a bit porky. And I have short legs 🙁 oh well, they're not going to grow any longer now 🙂

Bradley Wiggins after his TdF win looked positively ill!

To my eyes most roadies, or at least pro-roadies, wouldn't look out of place on 'supersize vs superskinny'.

*YAWN*
Mornin you lot. It's only 0730 here so only just arrived.

Despite rumours, I'm only 6'7".

Why do some people consider growing an achievement?

Possibly because it is a scientifically proven fact that tall people are naturally seen as leaders (perceived dominance, health and intelligence), can reach more things on shelves in shops and just look AWESOME!

[i]How do you measure your rides, miles/mph or km/kph? [/i]

Miles/MPH. I've no idea what those other units are. Sound like something Europeans would use. 😉 I measure my swims in metres until I pass a mile and then it's miles from that point onwards.

[i]and just look AWESOME! [/i]

if your version of awesome is 'looks like a hunched preying mantis', then yes. 😉

6'3/191cm
13.5 stone/86kg

I was much heavier when I got into cycling, dropped from 98kg when I was 34, which wasnt healthy, to 86kg at almost 43.

Going to get down to 82/83kg....next year.

5'11 and a gnat's testicle.

Miles/MPH. I've no idea what those other units are. Sound like something Europeans would use. I measure my swims in metres until I pass a mile and then it's miles from that point onwards.

[i][b]Speeds and distances shall be referred to and measured in kilometers.[/b]
This includes while discussing cycling in the workplace with your non-cycling coworkers, serving to further mystify our sport in the web of their Neanderthalic cognitive capabilities. As the confused expression spreads across their unibrowed faces, casually mention your shaved legs. All of cycling’s monuments are measured in the metric system and as such the English system is forbidden.[/i]

Why do some people consider growing an achievement?
Possibly because it is a scientifically proven fact that tall people are naturally seen as leaders (perceived dominance, health and intelligence), can reach more things on shelves in shops and just look AWESOME!

Us tall people are the pinnacle of current evolution, short people want to be taller but tall people don't want to be shorter, what would be the point in that.

[i]What's the average inside leg of a 6"2 person? I'm curious as after having my wedding suit measured I have a silly short 30" inside leg![/i]

I'm 5'4" and buy 30in jeans, but of course my 30in inside leg doesn't look silly 😉

I'm 4ft 3" high.....who want's a fight then caaaaaamon! Oi you and you over there let's 'av it....grrrrrrr...

[i]only 6'7"[/i]

Yeah, [i]only[/i]!

Why are people posting their weight?

Five foot eleven and a half.

When girls go over 6ft their feet are the same size as blokes.

Small blokes, yes. Tall blokes, no.

if your version of awesome is 'looks like a hunched preying mantis', then yes.

If anyone gets a bike that doesn't fit properly it won't look right. My 23" Turner Sultan with 760 wide bars fits me nicely.

If anyone gets a bike that doesn't fit properly it won't look right. My 23" Turner Sultan with 760 wide bars fits me nicely.

It'll look perfectly fine, as long as TooTall is slightly further away from you than most other people.

It may well fit you nicely, but I bet it don't look right!

I've met dozens of people when out on the bike. Most have commented on how in proportion it looks. Most hadn't realised it was even a 29er because it looks right. Not the best pic, but it looks just like a FS mountain bike with a longish seatpost:
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I think 29ers best point for many tall people isn't any BS about bigger wheels suiting taller people better but simply that the bikes look in proportion.

Most people don't realise that my bike is a 29er because proportionally it looks like a 26" one (except for the -ve rise stem, I guess).

Another member of the TSTW club! Does seem to be a disproportionate amount of tall people here though. Or are we all making it up?

Photos?

Considering the 29er thang, but only because it does seem that the proportions are more appropriate for those who are vertically challenged in a different way.

And those Sultans do look awfully nice 😉

I'm
191cm
6'3

I've met dozens of people when out on the bike. Most have commented on how in proportion it looks. Most hadn't realised it was even a 29er because it looks right. Not the best pic, but it looks just like a FS mountain bike with a longish seatpost:

i'm 5'11.5", 85KG and ride a 19" 29er

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FFS - Gok Rusty isn't sure whether it looks out of proportion to him!

Here it was first built up - still looks like a FS bike with a lot of seat tube:
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Arrghh...as I suspected! There may be many advantages in being tall, but owning pretty bikes ain't one of 'em!

An awful lot of very tall people on here !

5'10" 12st10 ( work in progress to get back to before I stopped smoking)
32 waist ( ...has been this for the last 30 years)

I blame a working class up-bringing in a deprived northern mill town. 😉

...feeling distinctly under tall !

Five foot nine-and-a-half inches.

The half inch is important.

I used to be 5' 10", but I've a knackered neck, so I've shrunk.

I am 6' 1" if i'm lucky,

And about 9 stone 8 on a good day.

I have the racing snake road bike physique, but sadly no interest in that side of bikes.

5' 4"
8.5 stone
Monkey arms and skinny legs though, so not in proportion.

short enough for someone on here to suggest that I would look like a kid riding his dad's bike if I bought a 29er

owning pretty bikes ain't one of 'em!

😆

Photos you say?
Edit: i give up, used to be able link a photo now all i get is a blue square.

If the worst I have to suffer for riding a superb bike is a short angry man...

Is this a thread to identify the Sirian royalty on this forum?

Not as small as you might think, but not big either.

175cm
78kg

My forum name has no height connotations, and I'm 6ft dead. And alive.