We got a lot of tall Paceliners!

[KJMUNC]

6'3 here. All arms and legs.....84.5 saddle and 64cm bars to nose.

[msl819]

6"3" with an 83cm saddle height. I am the guy folks ride up to early in the ride to "talk to" so they can grab my wheel when the pace picks up heading out of town.

[Elefantino]

Used to be 6-5. Back surgeries have reduced that to 6-4 1/2.

83 cm saddle height on a 62.5x59.5 Concours or a 62x60 Atlanta.

I used to wear disco shoes that made me about 6-8.

[mhespenheide]

Heh.

6'4" here.

Way back in '90 or so, as a junior racer in mid-state New York, I got fitted on one of Serotta's sizer cycles (my only real brush with the brand). They recommended at 60.5TT, 14cm stem. Decades later I've backed that off to a 59.5TT and 12cm stem. I need to do some flexibility work with my hamstrings and lower back, eh?

I can only add that if any of y'all haven't tried 46cm handlebars yet, give 'em a try. I did last spring and they were a revelation by the end of the first ride.

I really need to get a full professional fitting...

(It is wonderful to lust after some of those used XXL frames you guys list! But I just picked up a sweet deal on a local CL cervelo, so no more preciouses for a while. I may be at S-1 already. "Only" six...)

[petitelilpettit]

6'3" here, 83cm saddle height. Looks like there are plenty of bikes to test ride here with identical heights...

[carpediemracing]

Not being a tall one (5'7") I can tell you that drafting someone above a certain height isn't really helpful. One of my friends/teammates is 6'7" or so, rode a 66 cm Cannondale back when they were available (with a 400mm post at max height - it was easy for him to assemble his bike). He and I worked together in race, him leading me out.

Problem was I'd be drafting his knees and ankles and I could feel/hear much more wind than if I drafted someone a bit shorter. It got to the point where I'd "give up" my position in order to get someone more draft able in front of me.

In a different story I was sitting behind two teammates in an important-to-me race. I think one is 6'6", the other maybe 6'2". Someone rolled up next to me and commented something like "You got some big guys there." I replied that I'd asked for a "lot of help" from the team.

[jmoore]

With the participants in this thread, we have the potential for the tallest peloton in history. And we might all get to actually draft someone for once in our life. I think I've only felt an actual draft once or twice in 12 years At least off another rider.

[William]

Originally Posted by carpediemracing

Not being a tall one (5'7") I can tell you that drafting someone above a certain height isn't really helpful. One of my friends/teammates is 6'7" or so, rode a 66 cm Cannondale back when they were available (with a 400mm post at max height - it was easy for him to assemble his bike). He and I worked together in race, him leading me out.

Problem was I'd be drafting his knees and ankles and I could feel/hear much more wind than if I drafted someone a bit shorter. It got to the point where I'd "give up" my position in order to get someone more draft able in front of me....

I've had more than a few people tell me that they didn't get the draft off of me that they thought they would. That didn't stop people from fighting for my wheel in races though.





William

[cp43]

Originally Posted by jmoore

With the participants in this thread, we have the potential for the tallest peloton in history. And we might all get to actually draft someone for once in our life. I think I've only felt an actual draft once or twice in 12 years At least off another rider.

Having drafted off of TimD and William, I can say that, yes, it is excellent to find some one who is just a bit bigger than you when looking for a wheel to sit on.

Chris

[sandyrs]

I'm 6'5". That's why I ride this guy.

877mm bb center-top of saddle with 185mm cranks. My other bikes have shorter cranks and the corresponding higher saddle.

[sales guy]

Originally Posted by alessandro

Just 75" tall. [sniff]
I don't feel excluded. Just differently heighted.

The term I use is vertically challenged.

[kasak]

6' 8.5" and lanky (~205cm)
saddle height is 89cm from bb running 180mm cranks
65cm bars to nose
60cm tt
13cm stem
16cm of drop

[echelon_john]

I'm starting to feel positively petit.

Originally Posted by kasak

6' 8.5" and lanky (~205cm)
saddle height is 89cm from bb running 180mm cranks
65cm bars to nose
60cm tt
13cm stem
16cm of drop

[Dave Wages]

Somewhere between 6'4" and 6'5". But it always seemed like Dave K was taller than me and I see he's listed at 6'4", maybe he's shrinking in his old age?

[Kirk007]

6' 3" 84.2 saddle height. Maybe we can have the Tall Riders section in the classifieds!