Folding Bikes - Folder for 6'8" guy?

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ignant666
05-30-08, 11:15 PM
Is there such a thing?
A very tall friend is impressed with my Swift & wants a folder for riding from the subway to his boat & supplement to his road bike. He'd prefer to spend no more than $800.
Thanx for any leads.
Foldable Two
05-31-08, 09:56 AM
Likely a "tall" order for $800.
Bike Friday had made them for someone that height, possibly Swift, too. Given how the Swift folds it wouldn't be too compact for storing on his boat.
ADD: My Dahon S1 with a Thudbuster seat post is at it's highest setting and still just a bit short. (I'm 6'3" with a 36" inseam). My custom made Bike Friday NWT is perfect and the seat can be raised an inch or two more if someone wanted, but it is NOT an $800 solution.
giskard
06-02-08, 04:48 AM
I'm 6'6" and ride a Dahon MuP8 comfortably so that might be an option? My inside leg length is 35" if that helps
i'm 6'6" and happily ride a 2speed flat handlebar brompton..
do have a telescopic seatpost though - that have loads of adjustment
Si
ignant666
06-02-08, 07:33 PM
Thanx for the replies; I'll be passing them along. I think I'll send him to Bfold on 13th St. as well (they sell Brompton etc), the BikeFriday website & to the Metro chain, since they sell Dahons.
He has a custom Landshark road bike, so his $800 price limit may get a bit elastic once he sees Fridays, Bromptons etc.
I'm also going to email Peter to see if a Swift could accommodate him, though I remember seeing a 6'4" upper height limit either on the Swift or Xootr sites.
giskard- the Dahon is certainly within his price; are you running the Dahon extra-long seatpost or the regular one (I'm a mere 6'2" & had the extra-long on my old Dahon)? Do you have any space before the minimum insertion line?
Rootes- Do _you_ have any space before the minimum insertion line?
ignant666 - there is still 2.25" left on the telescopic so it could nto up further - my inside leg is 35.5" (i am mostly leg! lol)
giskard
06-03-08, 07:11 AM
giskard- the Dahon is certainly within his price; are you running the Dahon extra-long seatpost or the regular one (I'm a mere 6'2" & had the extra-long on my old Dahon)? Do you have any space before the minimum insertion line?
I'm running the standard one with the built-in post-pump and have it between position 1 and 2, position 1 being the first mark above the minimum insertion line. Note that my MuP8 is a 2007 model.
mulleady
06-03-08, 07:17 AM
I saw a guy in Hyde Park London riding a Brompton at full leg stretch the other day on a telescopic seatpost who must have been 6'7" - 6'8". No problems!
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