What size is this frame?

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09-24-17 | 08:33 PM

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What size is this frame?

saw this on PDX CL. What's your guess on the size? I'm not sure I've ever seen a larger bike. Or even one equal.

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09-24-17 | 08:50 PM

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09-24-17 | 08:53 PM

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64cm+?

09-24-17 | 08:58 PM

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I'm going to guess 70cm. The head tube is nearly as long as the fork blades.

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09-24-17 | 09:03 PM

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Maybe it belonged to Bill Walton who is 6'11".

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09-25-17 | 04:58 AM

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09-25-17 | 05:37 AM

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27" frame if that's a Univega. They did not use metric sizing at that time. Fuji and others made 'em that big also, and Panasonic made a 28" frame.

09-25-17 | 07:14 AM

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I concur with thumpism. This is a Miyata manufactured Univega and their standard XL frame size was 27".

09-25-17 | 08:30 AM

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Not sure how big it is but the stem looks to be set above where I'd expect the upper limit mark to be.
It's certainly a long way to fall.

09-25-17 | 08:45 AM

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09-25-17 | 09:16 AM

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It would be a great hot weather bike since it could take 12 water bottles in the frame.

09-25-17 | 09:21 AM

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09-25-17 | 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Insidious C.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a larger bike. Or even one equal.

You're not looking hard enough. There a couple of others but this one is the most recent tall bike thread. Tall bike thread (64cm and up)

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09-25-17 | 09:41 AM

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I would say it's a 27inch about 68cm which was the biggest production tubset offered by Tange at the time.