I think this is the greatest time to be a tall person who enjoys off-road cycling. Most other outlets are running silly pieces like 'do we have bikes that are too long, too overbuilt, and with dropper posts that are too long', and we're all laughing like goons because we can finally experience what mountain biking has been to everybody under 1.85m this entire time.
There are a LOT of options priced well under that that'll work (unless you're over 6'4"), quite a few are aluminum and even come with appropriate parts. Norco has a few great examples, Commencal is the ticket if you want a 27.5" wheel bike that's long and cheap. Once Mondraker starts importing Crafty AL bikes, those should be pretty reasonable too.
For all the excess thought and logic, you could still get a custom frame built in custom lengths (a Starling, or some WaltWorks contraption) in steel and laugh all the way past those short socal dentist types down the moderate grades as you plow through everything in your path.
Jan. 24, 2018, 12:05 p.m. - Tehllama42
I think this is the greatest time to be a tall person who enjoys off-road cycling. Most other outlets are running silly pieces like 'do we have bikes that are too long, too overbuilt, and with dropper posts that are too long', and we're all laughing like goons because we can finally experience what mountain biking has been to everybody under 1.85m this entire time. There are a LOT of options priced well under that that'll work (unless you're over 6'4"), quite a few are aluminum and even come with appropriate parts. Norco has a few great examples, Commencal is the ticket if you want a 27.5" wheel bike that's long and cheap. Once Mondraker starts importing Crafty AL bikes, those should be pretty reasonable too. For all the excess thought and logic, you could still get a custom frame built in custom lengths (a Starling, or some WaltWorks contraption) in steel and laugh all the way past those short socal dentist types down the moderate grades as you plow through everything in your path.