By blackmountaincycles,
Filed under: Things I Want To Like
My PBH is 976mm (and that’s about the extent of person information, I’ll be giving out). Based on the Rivendell method to size a frame, I am hors categorie. Their frame sizing chart goes up to a 950 PBH. Interesting side note, my seat height has been the same for years – 853mm. I’ve set my road and mountain bikes to this height since I can remember. Based on Rivendell’s method to get seat height (PBH x .873), I get 852mm – 1mm difference. Pretty good method to get your seat height.
So, with that inseam, I just can’t fit the cycling knickers I want to like. The Swobo and Chrome knickers are longer than the Endura model, but still not long enough. It appears that the tall folks out here are being left out of being hip. There’s got to be other tall folks who want something like a large/long size. The Swobo and Chrome versions only need to be 3 to 4 inches longer. The Endura, on the other hand, well, that’s got to be a good 9 inches longer.
And in case you think I’m joking, here’s the Endura 3/4 Humvee in action. These things are supposed to cover the knee. And because I’ve got to limit my rides to the morning, they rarely see the sun or they see only the weakest of rays. My SoCal tan lines have all but disappeared. Probably a good thing in the long-run.
(What’s playing: Alice in Chains Man in the Box)
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give the Zoic’s a try (http://www.zoic.com/MBPRKnicker.html) they seem to be a little long then the Endura from my experience in the mediums. Zoic shows they are out of stock but I just checked and BTI has them available. If you want ask one of the guys there to go measure the inseam for you before you buy. By the way, I love the blog I check it often. As a former industry insider who is looking to go out on my own you’ve provide me some great inspiration to how my idea bike shop would be run. keep up the great work!
I had the same experience with the Endura knickers, they would ride up over the knee as they were just not cut long enough. Seems to be an issue with taller riders, unfortunately. My solution: ride more aggressively so that knee pads are required . . . pads do a nice job of keeping knees and elbows warm*.
At lest their shorts fit pretty well.
(*I’m kidding, of course)
I’m not sure how long mu pbh is. Never measured it. My inseam is in the 34-35″ range. Not terribly long, but not really short either.
Knikers I own:
Hypnotic
Swobo
Portland Cycle wear
Ibex
Dickie’s
Zoic
Knickers that work for me:
-Hypnotics. LOVE ’em. Great to ride in, great to work in.
-Dickie’s. They’re self made. Work really well, and I get the fringe element that really makes me ‘cool’.
-Portland – Long enough, and a dedicated liner/pad. great for the cool weather here in WI.
Only ok:
-Zoic. I want to like them, but they bunch up weirldy at the knee. They are long enough though.
-Swobo. I really wanna like these. They’re even old school 1st gen swobo, but they’re barely long enough, and barely fit over my calves.
Not Sold on ’em:
-Ibex. They’re shorts, really. I’ve got casual shorts that seem longer.
Anyways…
M
Mike,
Check out these guys: http://spectrumtechwear.com/
The owner is a an ex-First Flight Bike employee who is taller than you. He started making clothes because, like you, nothing fit. His stuff is designed to work for tall people.
EL
Great info there Marty and EL.
I also tried the Swobo and Ibex wool knickers (not the baggy ones) – also way too short. I wanted to like these too.
You may find something you like at http://www.bicyclefixation.com.
Richard Risemberg does small runs of high quality knickers. You can check out post by Richard and his customers about his product by searching for knickers in the Ibob mailing list archives at search.bikelist.org.
Like the above said, give Brad at Spectrum a yell. He is closing out all of his clothing because his screen printing portion of the company is taking up 25 hours a day. I have a couple pair of his long shorts and they come down to my lower calf…may fit you well and Brad is one hell of a guy. wESd
Why don’t you tall circus freaks just buy pants. Hem as needed. 🙂
oy, get the humvee pants, cut ’em off and have ’em hemmed.
Joy rider knickers look rather snazzy!
http://www.joyriderclothing.com/joyofknickers_m_frt.html
Cut down Ben Davis are awesome, and the Swobo JMacs are as well. They alternate between my number one and number two forever and always.
Even my JMacs could be 3″ longer. I’m a freak.
6'2", but with a 36+" inseam,… not particularly "Tall", but rather "Long"; there's a difference.
i've taken to hacking off Mil Surplus BDUs; plenty tough, available in Longs and Extra Longs (so you can get the reinforced knee down over the patella) and much less ridiculously priced than many of the alternatives.
Yep, for us with femur extensions, hacking off works well and is nice on the wallet.