Crazy Tallbike in Madison

Spotted this gorilla-hanger style tallbike rolling down the street in Madison, WI. You can't see it very good in the pictures, but it actually has a left-side-to-right-side double chain setup and gears.

Brakeless Fixie Tallbike

What a death trap. Seen and ridden in Knoxville, was this thing. I think what made it difficult is the gear ratio. I drunkenly tried to do a trackstand and busted my ass. But Johnathan rode it for the whole Freedom Thighs ride somehow and he could do a trackstand so it is possible. Note the fancy hand-laced wheels.




The mortar exploded on the frist try of this.



How does he fucking do it?

Rotting in the Yard

Spotted these in the backyard of house in Knoxville, TN where a bunch of the bike collective kids live. Appearently these are mostly retired due jousting damage, but you'll notice the before and after pictures. Somebody was working of these while we on our ride.

Super Tall Bike and Chopper in Ft. Collins.

My friend, Lorrie, saw these in Fort Collins, Colorado. Hella sexy. Note, the tallbike has a flat. Note, also, that I cannot figure out how they mount these things.

The Thing

Quickly assembled. Poorly assembled. Dangerous to ride. Akward to ride. Who wouldn't want one? It's actually really comfortable with regular handlebars on it. Janky, though. Made by Ant in one night

Ward's Bike Pile

The pile of bikes over at my buddy Ward's house in Tuscaloosa.

left to right: Concord fixed-gear, Mercier Kilo TT pro, Lemond Alp D'Huez, Big Black, Big Red

note the scott bars used as a luggage rack.

Big Red

Orlando Tallbike

I haven't been able to upload any pictures for a while, so when I was this on facebook I jumped on it. I rode this bike down in orlando last winter. 24 in" wheels, and a chunk of a derailuer welded on to get the slack out of the chain. Ratty!

Pizzaween Two!!

Pizzaween this year had a realitively good turn out, especially when it came to the freakbikes. For the first time in a long time the majority of the bikes on the ride were freaks. I didn't take too many good pictures, especially of the fun stuff because I was busy doing it. We played a few games of hard-contact freakbike footdown which many wheels. Later we played throw the wheel, drink the booze, and tallbike jousting. Whoever took the pictures of the joust couldn't be bothered to stand up, and it was dark so none of them came out. Oh well. Full album here.



The crew down at the games court, dinking.


Brief break to fix a flat.


truing a wheel


eating the pizza


gorilla hangers, pizza wagon, and old bolty.

Italian Tandem Tallbike

This one was submitted by reader Rocco.  Here's a link to the post.  Check out how tall that thin is!  It looks both junky and quality!  Even has double brakes!

Also, I'm going to start throwing some related links of bikes found on the internet down here:

-A classy black and white one, 2

-Tandem tallchopper

-Extra-fancy half-tall

-Extra-junky half-tall

-With iPods?

-Old school massive half-tall

Tallbike Austin, TX

There is another, crappier picture of this one in the Austin Critical Mass post, but I found this picture I snapped of just this tallbike.  Albiet junky in demeanor, it seems that this character probably rides this as a main bike.  Pump.  Panier.  Ghost-ring!

Rat Bikes, Chicago!

While in Chicago, I stayed at a house and was stoked to see a tallbike with Rat Patrol written on it back in the bike room.  I also saw a nice chopper and pile of etc. bikes.

Tallbike Birthday Cake

Once, my friends Brian and Sally made me a tallbike birthday cake!  PCxBC!!

Ape Hangers? Nah, Gorilla Hangers!!

You may have already seen these bars on Big Blue, but we threw them on a short bike first.  The ride is totally crazy because you pretty much have to grip the bars underhand.  

As mentioned in the Big Blue post, these bars deserve their own post, so here it is.  One night while out dumpstering in Tuscaloosa, I noticed a broken trashcan on the side of an alley.  To me it looked like a bucket and two sets of massive ape hangers - and I was right!  Turns out you can get two good sets of handlebars off of any curb in tuscaloosa and all you have to do is jack a garbage can.  Fortunately there are lots of broken ones in the back-alleys.

Wingnut Bikes

Just a quick shot of the bike rack over at Wingnut in RVA.  I got to ride the tandem all the way across town from Food Not Bombs.

Tandem Tallbike

I just found this picture on fb, but I remember seeing this beast at Slaughterama2010. As I recall it belongs to the Red Love crew. They did ride it but as I recall it has to be climbed while stationary. Oh god.

EDIT:  This bike belongs to the Saddle Sores Bike Club.  Also, just noticed it doesn't appear to have a front crankset.

Big Red Gets Fancy

I just found this rather lovely picture on facebook of "2 tall" Joe hanging out with big red.

Bolt-together Tallbike

This bike is some really crazy shit. We used the flipped bottom frame design from Omahgarsh and the folding steering extension from this Instructable, but did them both in really lazy/tool-light style. The rear, yellow fork provides most of the bikes stability. The small front wheel compensates for the bikes crazy geometry. The entire thing is held together with U-bolts and hose clamps. Surprisingly strong with no welds, drilling, or cutting. The fatal flaw? When the back tire goes you have to take the ENTIRE bike apart to change it.

Sky's Tallbike

It's never gotten it's dues on here before, but this is one badass tallbike that has going since the beginning. This is the second tallbike I've ever been involved with building. Huffy rigid mtb frame on top. Pacific hardtail frame on bottom. Triangle chain routing. An actual hand-brake that kind of works. And a pseudo-cide wheel. It even has a "paint job". What a beast of a bike.

Kevin 2.0

Kevin lives at Big Baby House now.

The Old Shed

Here's some pix from my old shed at the Howie Hilton when I lived there. They were also kind of exploding into the yard.


Mine and Schuyler's tallbixe.


Badass vintage cruiser and my beloved chopper.


Schwinn varsity and my free-parts klunker.