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04-15-10 | 10:52 AM

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From: Vancouver, Washington and Ocean Shores, Washington, USA

Bikes: 2 - 2007 Custom Bike Fridays, 2 - 2009 Bike Friday Pocket 8's, Gravity 29'er SS, 2 - 8-spd Windsor City Bikes, 1973 Raleigh 20 & a 1964 Schwinn Tiger

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Originally Posted by brakemeister

I understand bike friday has a large model.
But in any case if you are not sure you should invest some time for a testride

thor

It definitely depends on your inseam, or more specifically, seat height you need to be comfortable (or fast ), as Thor points out.

I'm 6'3" (shrunk from my younger days 6'4") but have a long inseam of 36" and like a seat to pedal distance of 39".

Our previous Dahon Boardwalk D7's were close, but a bit shorter. My venerable Dahon S1 is comfortable, but also noticeably shorter than my custom Bike Friday. That's even with the bit taller Dahon specific ThudBuster seat and seat post.

Regarding stock Bike Fridays: I have a Pocket 8 - their most basic bike - it is the Large frame and meets my size needs perfectly and could be adjusted for some several inches taller than me, in my opinion. Basically, feels as good as my custom NWT.

Lou

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