Re: Need advice on buying bike for 360 lbs bloke

[Fred]

<[email protected]> wrote in message
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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 or 6"2'. 6"17' is 6 feet and 17 inches,
which is really 7 foot 5 inches. (There are 12 inches to a foot) You would
need the front wheels off an old penny farthing on a standard bike for that
one.
>

>

 

[mb]

Fred wrote:

>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> 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 or 6"2'. 6"17' is 6 feet and 17
> inches, which is really 7 foot 5 inches. (There are 12 inches to a
> foot) You would need the front wheels off an old penny farthing on a
> standard bike for that one.
> >
>
> >

How many Penny Farthings are there?

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Mike