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Fred
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> Hi all,
>
> some advice on bikes for big blokes please.
> I am 180 kg, and 1,88 m tall. Thats 6"17' and 30 stones.
> (Hope I go the conversion right. I am sure about the metric ones.)
>
1.88 metres is 6 foot 2 inches, expressed as 6"2' . Your 6"17' would be 6
foot plus 17 inches which is really 7 foot 5inches. Best way out of that
one would be to use a standard bike with front wheels of an old penny
farthing.
> So far I have been able to find only two bicycles so far that will
> support my weight:
>
> Schauff Sumo (English language website)
> http://www.schauff.de/schauff2002.de/index.php?language=e&action=fahr...
> and
>
> Utopia London (German language only, but nice pictures)
> http://www.utopia-fahrrad.de/Fahrrad_Html/Kapitel_Html/81_London_104....
>
> I will see the only UK dealership offering Schauff Sumo tomorrow.
>
> Do you know of any other bicycles that will be OK?
> I do not want to build a bike by myself, but buy a ready-made one.
>
> Thanks,
> JanMartin
>
> P.S.:
> Excuse my English, I am a German in UK.
>
news:[email protected]...
> Hi all,
>
> some advice on bikes for big blokes please.
> I am 180 kg, and 1,88 m tall. Thats 6"17' and 30 stones.
> (Hope I go the conversion right. I am sure about the metric ones.)
>
1.88 metres is 6 foot 2 inches, expressed as 6"2' . Your 6"17' would be 6
foot plus 17 inches which is really 7 foot 5inches. Best way out of that
one would be to use a standard bike with front wheels of an old penny
farthing.
> So far I have been able to find only two bicycles so far that will
> support my weight:
>
> Schauff Sumo (English language website)
> http://www.schauff.de/schauff2002.de/index.php?language=e&action=fahr...
> and
>
> Utopia London (German language only, but nice pictures)
> http://www.utopia-fahrrad.de/Fahrrad_Html/Kapitel_Html/81_London_104....
>
> I will see the only UK dealership offering Schauff Sumo tomorrow.
>
> Do you know of any other bicycles that will be OK?
> I do not want to build a bike by myself, but buy a ready-made one.
>
> Thanks,
> JanMartin
>
> P.S.:
> Excuse my English, I am a German in UK.
>
