Big headtube bikes

[Grant]

Who has bikes with REALLY BIG headtubes?

 

[handyandy1100]

Electra

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[Grant]

In Colorado, all the Electras look like normal beach cruisers, even the townies were VERY normal looking. When I went into Arizona, there were a bunch of these big headtube things and they were not just Electra. I was weirded out by these and their popularity down there.

 

[handyandy1100]

I can't imagine a longer head tube, except for a cycle truck. The nearly foot long head tube is the one thing I really dislike on my Townie. Well, that and they clear coated over the decals so I can't just peel them off.
I think a triple tree fork would go a long ways to disguise that crazy head tube. Unfortunately, a set of forks like that would cost more than what I paid for the bike! LOL

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[Grant]

I can't imagine a longer head tube, except for a cycle truck. The nearly foot long head tube is the one thing I really dislike on my Townie. Well, that and they clear coated over the decals so I can't just peel them off.
I think a triple tree fork would go a long ways to disguise that crazy head tube. Unfortunately, a set of forks like that would cost more than what I paid for the bike! LOL

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That headtube is SO CUTE and LITTLE!

 

[handyandy1100]

That headtube is SO CUTE and LITTLE!
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Those head tubes don't look all that bad. Those bikes are made for people taller than me, so the proportions front to back aren't so bad. The Townie has like a 16" seat tube so the head tube looks way out of proportion to me.

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[Grant]

Those head tubes don't look all that bad. Those bikes are made for people taller than me, so the proportions front to back aren't so bad. The Townie has like a 16" seat tube so the head tube looks way out of proportion to me.

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[handyandy1100]

Those are 20" wheels, right?

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[Grant]

Those are 20" wheels, right?

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The top one is 27", while the bottom is 700c.

 

[handyandy1100]

The top one is 27", while the bottom is 700c.

Must be this guy's bikes

https://images.app.goo.gl/pu6qzsrwF6NPrEnTA

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[Grant]

Must be this guy's bikes

https://images.app.goo.gl/pu6qzsrwF6NPrEnTA

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That guy did have a bike but it was 3 bike frame stacked on top of each other with the drive train of the bottom bike and the seat of the top bike. Think of it as a triple tall bike with the kranks at the very bottom.

The green bike and the purple bike is made for someone 7' tall and over.

 

[sandman]

About 3 years ago I picked up one of these Jamis Hudson Easy three frames . I couldn't find a internal headset large enough ?

 

[Grant]

I want one of these.

 

[Grant]

About 3 years ago I picked up one of these Jamis Hudson Easy three frames . I couldn't find a internal headset large enough ?

What... Is... An... Internal... Headset...?

 

[Grant]

from 1895 to 1910, people believed that tall frames were better handling, so they put small people on big bikes.

Here is a replica of that. 69cm frame Continental.

 

[sandman]

The cups are inside the head tube .

 

[Grant]

The cups are inside the head tube .

I am so confused.

 

[sandman]

I am so confused.

You can't see any head cups ( Bearing Cups ) because they are located inside the headtube .

 

[Grant]

You can't see any head cups ( Bearing Cups ) because they are located inside the headtube .

Is that headtube that tall?

 

[SSG]

Ignore the missing seat stays.