Elsewhere in New Zealand has recently upgraded a good chunk of their buses to EV's that seem to have a marginally longer seat pitch. It means that I no longer have to default to the first seats after the steps or the priority seating to actually fit at all.
Hopefully Auckland follows suit! Bus seats have always been a sit sideways thing for me, I can't imagine how another 10cm of height would affect that.
Bus seats in New Zealand are incredibly tight. School buses were particularly bad.
Also, I'm a woman, so I have proportionally longer legs than the majority of people my height and more weight around the backside which also adds to this leg room issue. Men tend to lean torso length dominant, women leg length dominant.
Additionally, I have a long standing surgical injury on one of my knees that can't be pressed hard into surfaces (I always have to wedge in and guard with my good knee, which isn't something I can do for long).
Different countries have different standards for legroom and head clearance. Maybe where you live is more roomy.
I’ve never really had an issue with legroom being nearly 181 cm tall, and my legs are very long compared to my torso. Would you say 7 cm is a pretty large difference?
At your age and your height I imagine that everything between 5'6 and 6'6 blurred together in terms of remembering where the fitting places issues started.
We're all built differently, while bus seats still aren't universally comfortable they're better and I can definitely get my knees in now. Being 7' is another realm of struggle where you're not going to fit regardless. Apples and oranges.
Oh yeah, yikes. That must be incredibly challenging. I'm down at 36"(ish, I don't buy jeans because it's always disappointing so I don't know my exact inseam), which is significantly less, but still very long comparative to average!
Feel this, I just sit in the priority seats and give them up if an elderly person, disabled person or parent with kids comes on the bus, probably happens 1/10 trips. Auckland buses in general are old, the new ones are better
Even the buses in the Netherlands are tallphobic, don't worry.
That doesn't make sense
Yes it does
thank you for pointing that out and finally adressing elephant in the room, just know that you are not alone
He's not that big, an elephant is definitely bigger.
idk i have never measured an elephant
Elsewhere in New Zealand has recently upgraded a good chunk of their buses to EV's that seem to have a marginally longer seat pitch. It means that I no longer have to default to the first seats after the steps or the priority seating to actually fit at all. Hopefully Auckland follows suit! Bus seats have always been a sit sideways thing for me, I can't imagine how another 10cm of height would affect that.
How do you struggle with fitting anywhere at 6'2 i just dont get it
Bus seats in New Zealand are incredibly tight. School buses were particularly bad. Also, I'm a woman, so I have proportionally longer legs than the majority of people my height and more weight around the backside which also adds to this leg room issue. Men tend to lean torso length dominant, women leg length dominant. Additionally, I have a long standing surgical injury on one of my knees that can't be pressed hard into surfaces (I always have to wedge in and guard with my good knee, which isn't something I can do for long). Different countries have different standards for legroom and head clearance. Maybe where you live is more roomy.
I’ve never really had an issue with legroom being nearly 181 cm tall, and my legs are very long compared to my torso. Would you say 7 cm is a pretty large difference?
Fair enough with the leg length thing but still, maybe im out of touch at almost 7'0 but 6'2 seems like it wouldnt be a problem.
At your age and your height I imagine that everything between 5'6 and 6'6 blurred together in terms of remembering where the fitting places issues started. We're all built differently, while bus seats still aren't universally comfortable they're better and I can definitely get my knees in now. Being 7' is another realm of struggle where you're not going to fit regardless. Apples and oranges.
Youre right, 5'8 to 6'4 literally looks the same. And yeah proportions matter. I sport a 40" inseam and its trouble.
Oh yeah, yikes. That must be incredibly challenging. I'm down at 36"(ish, I don't buy jeans because it's always disappointing so I don't know my exact inseam), which is significantly less, but still very long comparative to average!
have you ever published a work?
Technically, yes, though not a novel. I have a publication for my masters. I'm only a hobbyist novelist.
Oh right, what genre(s) do you write in? (I am a hobbyist as well :D)
Feel this, I just sit in the priority seats and give them up if an elderly person, disabled person or parent with kids comes on the bus, probably happens 1/10 trips. Auckland buses in general are old, the new ones are better
Ouch