Time to put that one into production!

Wow, that'd hurt if you came off that... and no helmet. Awesome

Tall bikes have been catching on amongst some here in Chicago. One dude who is a friend of a friend started riding tall bikes that he made years and years ago and it has since spread. They say it is much safer because at worst you are in for a minor fall instead of being smashed or thrown and they can more easily spot problems coming up to allow them to avoid accidents to begin with.

-Karl

that's insane reasoning. A taller biker makes it a lot harder to keep balanced, not to mention if you lose your balance, even if you don't hurt yourself on the fall (which is perfectly possible) you'll still be thrown several feet away right into the oncoming traffic.

Bikes were perfected to the frames we now have for a reason.

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Wow, that'd hurt if you came off that... and no helmet. Awesome
In Soviet Russia your head protects helmet.

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that's insane reasoning. A taller biker makes it a lot harder to keep balanced, not to mention if you lose your balance, even if you don't hurt yourself on the fall (which is perfectly possible) you'll still be thrown several feet away right into the oncoming traffic.
Bikes were perfected to the frames we now have for a reason.


I dunno, it makes sense to an extent, I mean, if a car hits you from the side on a normal bike you take the impact, but if you get hit on a tall bike your bike takes most of it. As for the balancing, it would probably take a bit of practice and would increase the damage from a fall due to the height, but the potential payoff is pretty high.

The visibility argument is valid. Both in that you can more easily see traffic, and that traffic can more easily see you over other cars.

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Just ban anything with <4 wheels from the road. Bikes and motorbikes completely ruin my driving experience - the second I know one is near me I have to continually check it's position and worry about it. And they all ridden by idiots - no you shouldn't pedal along my inside then stop in front of me at traffic lights, I do 0-60 in the time it takes you to stop wobbling. And no you shouldn't whizz through the inside on the motor/freeway, go on the outside like every other vehicle has too.
My issue is as soon as somebody has two wheels they think the rules apply differently to them - but the minute they get hit the car/van/truck driver is too blame.

2 wheels good, 4 wheels bad!

Balancing such a bike would be no problem, you are still using centrifugal force to stay upright. Taking turns will be harder. The bike is far more dangerous though. You will be thrown farther and fall farther from the smallest of spills, and being that much higher isn't going to help much against a truck or SUV. lastly, if you can't see a danger in the road from 5 feet off the ground, you aren't going to spot it 8 feet off the ground.

That is crazy talk!

I can see the next X games already. FUCKING AWESOME!

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