WOW can you believe that guy put drops on his Big Dummy?

Yeah, I can cause it's my bike. It actually rides great. While I know it looks like a crazy reach, it's actually a 1.5 cm shorter reach than my Cross Check which is a 54 cm frame and 1/5 cm longer reach than my Masi race bike. I think this difference is mainly due to the varience between the saddle height and bar height. The Big Dummy is a 20 inch frame.

As far as cost goes, I bought the frame and fork and built it up myself. The only thing I had to do to the frame was chase the threads in the bottom bracket. Other than that it was just about perfect. I had all the other components already. For those of you concerned about price, my cost for the build was less than $1200.00 dollars. Money well spent in my opinion. I wanted to build it up myself because I knew it would be much cheaper and I didn't really care for the components they had on it.

I've been riding it around for a few days and I really enjoy it. It rides nicely. The long tail really really isn't a factor that I've noticed. Ride quality is somewhat between my Cross Check and the LHT. I mainly compare it to the LHT in terms of steering and my comfortable cruising speed. Both feel about the same.

I haven't carried a load with it yet, mainly because I haven't gotten my xtracycle racks. However I've commuted on it since I've gotten it built up and I really think it was a well thought out frame. I've been car free for two years now, and the few difficulties that I've encountered during that time will be much easier to deal with now IMO.

If you do have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them.