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Originally Posted by Hindmost
Seat posts were short. Saddle to bar drop was not radical. I don't recall him being super tall. However his personality was oversized.
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Well, he wasn't NBA center tall, but he was stated to be 6' 5", which is still half a foot taller than the average guy. His size meant that he had a lot of leverage to apply force and power, which is part of why he broke a lot of components. And his experience breaking components, as well as his work as a mechanical engineer, gave him good insights on which bicycle designs worked, and which didn't.