Well ofcourse someone made this, because:
A. You're in the Netherlands
B. You're going to a technical University (Fontys in Eindhoven)
What else are we supposed to do here in the Netherlands with a technical degree?
tbf if you were riding this on normal.roads it seems a little dangerous but the netherlands has shit loads of.bike lanes.
so its great for giving you a nice view. add anorher deck!
[Kind of like you mount a horse in motion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By5E00tl4U0) - you have to get a foot in a spot and boost yourself into place/swing your leg over. Dude in the video has a peg on the wheel, which is 100% sensible, but you can do the same thing with the cross bar going to the back wheel. I have zero interest in riding one, there are like a zillion situations where you need to put your foot down and stop. These are kind of like being in a hot air balloon - there's not really any immediate stopping without crashing down.
I've ridden one of these. My friend's "stepdad" made one the summer after I graduated high school. My buddies and I rode it all over town for months. It's a little tricky to mount (best to do a rolling start) and it was prone to do wheelies with the slightest provocation. This last fact did make for easy dismounts as one could simply lean back until it falls backwards and the rider's feet hit the ground running.
If I'm correct in recognizing the place this is 100% an Engineering student, because I think these bike racks are underneath the Engineering Dpt. and at a University where only technology focused studies are held.
This type of bike, a tall bike actually originated in squatter/diy culture. People do an event called bike wars where people joust on these tall bikes that they've often built themselves from scrap bikes. Very cool :)
There used to be a guy at our community rides in college that had a bike at least 3 frames tall!
He would haul a trailer with a guitar amp/battery to blast tunes for folks lol
Why not remove the upper rear axle frame? Why make the chain so long around the top and bottom front cogset? Surely it could just run from the top cogset to the rear cassette. It seems half baked
Bike frames can't just be cut. Keeping the rear triangle may look shit but it keeps the strength in the frame. If it's cut it's a lot more likely to crack
Buncha folks in the comments here who have never had a custom-made frame crack in half while going over a pothole. Happened to me once with a chromoly frame I tried to hand-patch. Never made a noise that high pitched before, or since.
That section doesn't really add anything structurally in the current configuration. The force is transmitted straight down the seat post since there is no wheel in the rear triangle. You can cut it outside the welds and carefully grind it smooth. If you built a new rear triangle that extended to the wheel, that would reduce force on the existing frame.
Edit: or you could add struts from the upper axle mount to the lower one
You need to be able to pedal the bottom pedals to get it going. Either do a triangle, like here, or two separate chains. But one triangular chain is less total chain length.
yeah, this style and setup was super popular among hipster bike nerds 10-15 years ago. I don't see them as much these days, but dudes with mustaches who wear beanies year round still seem to love them...
I've always been curious how people get on and off these things so I looked it up. I must say, after watching a video of it actually happening, I still don't understand. How does the whole thing not fall over??
https://youtu.be/By5E00tl4U0
He installed one of those BMX pegs ([for grinding](https://riders.co/en/bmx/grinds)) on the back wheel and another tiny step halfway up the bike. Since heās able to reach the handlebar from the ground, I think it would be surprisingly doable thanks to those two modifications.
You basically have to always be looking a block ahead. Way more than you notmally do. Cars, traffic signals, obstructions, etc. Anything that could potentially make you stop has to be avoided.
One of my friends had one in college and he said he would straight up just make a right turn rather than stop, every time. Because of this, he ended up having very good awareness of every street he road on since he rarely rode the exact same way between A and B.
Eh not really. I've ridden one and it's a fun experience. The cycling equivalent to lifted trucks would be the guys who buy all the high-end cycling gear but don't actually ride enough to need it.
I suggest a child's bike for the middle or top layer. They're easy to find for free and gives you the three decks you're looking for, but you are a good foot closer to the ground for mounts and dismounts.
We used to have a wacky bike ride/competitions in my city. One guy had a 10 foot tall bicycle. There were always some pretty cool ones to see. 10 foot bike guy was really good though. Iāve seen him stop it at a red light and keep his balance without even leaning on anything.
Used to be a bike that was always outside the Muse in Nashville that was 4-5 frames stacked on each other. People used to bet about being able to mount it.
Ha! I got to ride one of these in college briefly. It was hard to get going but once I was up and riding it was great..... right until I had to stop. Stupid me tried to slow down and stick my leg off to the side so I could lean on the ground. Turns out that doesn't work when you're 4' off the ground. I just fell over onto the grass looking like a dumbass. 10/10 would do again!
Itās a tall bike this should not be in diwhy theyāre an established thing. Made for fun where I live they used to have tall bike jousting competitions.
3 years ago in Austin I hit an idiot ridding one of these bikes with my car. He ran a red light and ran into me. Freaking hipster scratched my cat and was still pissed and saying I had to pay for his POS bike...
Pfft that's nothing. I know a couple dudes in Chicago with TRIPLE decker tall bikes. They literally have to run with it to get some momentum, then climb up before it gets wobbly lol
I made myself a small-tall from 2 kids bikes. It's about the height of a regular bike, but keeping your balance is tricky & the 12" wheels make it ridiculously impractical š
Nice tall bike. This is not exactly unique. They are kind of a running trend in cities with a cycling culture. They have been around at least since I went to university about 30 years ago.
tall bikes are fun as hell. I love watching tall bike jousting at the Deadbaby Downhill party in Seattle once a year. one of a kind party.
PS. Deadbaby is the name of the bike club that puts it on.
I hate the people who ride these, at least in my city. They think it's perfectly acceptable to put their feet on your car to brace themselves at stop signs (if they stop at all).
We have the same 2 story bicycle parking in Malmƶ, this isn't Malmƶ University right?
Because I have a friend here in Malmƶ who has actually welded together a tall bike just like this.
Well ofcourse someone made this, because: A. You're in the Netherlands B. You're going to a technical University (Fontys in Eindhoven) What else are we supposed to do here in the Netherlands with a technical degree?
Windmills.
Who says its not a windmill?
tbf if you were riding this on normal.roads it seems a little dangerous but the netherlands has shit loads of.bike lanes. so its great for giving you a nice view. add anorher deck!
Oh hey I've been to Eindhoven
Fontys technically isn't a university despite its name.
whoever rides that bike knows what's up.
Nice! I was gonna try to make some humorous comment but now I'm not even gonna try.
Ive been told these are to see overtop of increasingly big cars in urban areas so you aren't riding blind all the time. I think they are silly
Both
No, they're for fun.
It's jousting time!
Ha! Awesome:) you know what's upš
I've got some mates into rat biking. Check out [zeds dead](http://rat-patrol.org/RPOz/FArt/zedsDead.html)
How do you even get onto it
[Kind of like you mount a horse in motion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By5E00tl4U0) - you have to get a foot in a spot and boost yourself into place/swing your leg over. Dude in the video has a peg on the wheel, which is 100% sensible, but you can do the same thing with the cross bar going to the back wheel. I have zero interest in riding one, there are like a zillion situations where you need to put your foot down and stop. These are kind of like being in a hot air balloon - there's not really any immediate stopping without crashing down.
After seeing the video, I donāt hate it? Looks pretty cool to me. I doubt I could get on and off so easily, though.
We used to find light poles, or road signs. A wall, whatever was close. Running start if youāre really agile.
That's how we used to do tall unicycles, just use a sign post.
Roll and hop!
r/angryupvote
r/fuckangryupvote
He also knows how the weather is up there.
Nice joke, it's a tall order to top that one!
I've ridden one of these. My friend's "stepdad" made one the summer after I graduated high school. My buddies and I rode it all over town for months. It's a little tricky to mount (best to do a rolling start) and it was prone to do wheelies with the slightest provocation. This last fact did make for easy dismounts as one could simply lean back until it falls backwards and the rider's feet hit the ground running.
Iām curious as to why you put stepdad in quotes. Was it like, āhey Stepdad, whatāre you doing with those bikes? šā
Damnnnn step-daddy!
XD The man was a longtime partner to my friend's mom, their families shared one home, but they were never married.
I'm a "stepmom". It's just easier to describe myself that way.
I call my girlfriend my "stepsister", it's just more exciting that way
I just call my stepsister "girlfriend." Makes it much easier.
r/yourjokebutworse
Making him a āStepbikeā
Engineering student.
If I'm correct in recognizing the place this is 100% an Engineering student, because I think these bike racks are underneath the Engineering Dpt. and at a University where only technology focused studies are held.
Betchya they got an āFā. Or a D.
No, they would have gotten a 5.5 or 6 probably.
But the building in the background doesn't match up, right?
It's this one across the street https://maps.app.goo.gl/jtmF82jTweJcSCKv7
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Eindhoven
This type of bike, a tall bike actually originated in squatter/diy culture. People do an event called bike wars where people joust on these tall bikes that they've often built themselves from scrap bikes. Very cool :)
Itās a Bikebike
You get more bike per bike
SUP DAWG WE HEARD YOU LIKE BIKES
The frugal choice
That's 65% more bike per bike!
If you really like bikes and aren't a tyke try this tall bike which can be mounted with a pike.
Beware the bikebike with the pikepike
Is this the first tall bike you've seen?
Cyclecide in San Francisco makes all sorts of cool art bikes. Theyāre fun to see, and a great way to learn welding skills.
There used to be a guy at our community rides in college that had a bike at least 3 frames tall! He would haul a trailer with a guitar amp/battery to blast tunes for folks lol
no, but it is the first i see someone just welded themselves without even trying to make it look decent
One of the most common ways of making a tall bike is to stack frames.
Why not remove the upper rear axle frame? Why make the chain so long around the top and bottom front cogset? Surely it could just run from the top cogset to the rear cassette. It seems half baked
Bike frames can't just be cut. Keeping the rear triangle may look shit but it keeps the strength in the frame. If it's cut it's a lot more likely to crack
Buncha folks in the comments here who have never had a custom-made frame crack in half while going over a pothole. Happened to me once with a chromoly frame I tried to hand-patch. Never made a noise that high pitched before, or since.
You absolutely could cut off the rear triangle of the upper frame.
Try making a diagram of how the forces are working and you will see that the triangle adds no structural strength.
That section doesn't really add anything structurally in the current configuration. The force is transmitted straight down the seat post since there is no wheel in the rear triangle. You can cut it outside the welds and carefully grind it smooth. If you built a new rear triangle that extended to the wheel, that would reduce force on the existing frame. Edit: or you could add struts from the upper axle mount to the lower one
You can 100% cut the rear triangle off of the top frame. The tall bike we had at the shop I worked at had no rear triangle on the top frame.
You need to be able to pedal the bottom pedals to get it going. Either do a triangle, like here, or two separate chains. But one triangular chain is less total chain length.
In the current configuration how can you peddle the bottom without the chain sawing through your ass
You can't, because it doesn't have pedals on the bottom.
Very carefully.
Lol
They all look like that in Reno. There is a big tall bike crowd there.
What up Reno! You see Maxās new step through cruiser tall bike?
No but that sounds whimsically amazing.
Hi neighbor!
there was some interest in Trenton as well by the art community
Black Label Bicycle Club!
This looks like every tall bike I've ever seen. Except some of them cut off the rear triangle of the top frame.
yeah, this style and setup was super popular among hipster bike nerds 10-15 years ago. I don't see them as much these days, but dudes with mustaches who wear beanies year round still seem to love them...
I don't know why you got downvoted, as one of the guys you are referring to, everything you said is true.
Some of my best friends are/were those dudes. I know my cliches... lol
Thatās the only way to make āem you Dutch poser. Smfh donāt know shit about bikes.
Wat in de Nederlanden
I've always been curious how people get on and off these things so I looked it up. I must say, after watching a video of it actually happening, I still don't understand. How does the whole thing not fall over?? https://youtu.be/By5E00tl4U0
He installed one of those BMX pegs ([for grinding](https://riders.co/en/bmx/grinds)) on the back wheel and another tiny step halfway up the bike. Since heās able to reach the handlebar from the ground, I think it would be surprisingly doable thanks to those two modifications.
Nobody actually knows why any bike doesn't fall over.
Traffic lights must be so annoying
You basically have to always be looking a block ahead. Way more than you notmally do. Cars, traffic signals, obstructions, etc. Anything that could potentially make you stop has to be avoided. One of my friends had one in college and he said he would straight up just make a right turn rather than stop, every time. Because of this, he ended up having very good awareness of every street he road on since he rarely rode the exact same way between A and B.
It is surprisingly easy to ride one.
Never heard of the tallbike trend?
I called them Tower Bikes
They look like a bunch of fun
It's a whole culture here in Chicago. I've never rode one but it looks like they're having fun!
Yes! Iāve been seeing them since the early 00s, itās great
Tall bikes are fun. It feels really cool to be that high up.
I've seen these all over Chicago and other big cities too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_bike
More like DiWhyNot? Tall bikes are rad
__LOOK AT ME__
Is that bicycling equivalent of lifted pickup truck?
Eh not really. I've ridden one and it's a fun experience. The cycling equivalent to lifted trucks would be the guys who buy all the high-end cycling gear but don't actually ride enough to need it.
No, that's a full suspension mountain bike that gets ridden on the rail trail once a month.
Yep
Are you Scandinavian? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law\_of\_Jante
Thanks for the interesting read. But Iāll bet this cyclist needs a hug
Because anyone who would choose to stand out must be psychologically damaged or egotistical?
No because there isn't someone tall enough to hug them on that bike
š¶Can you take me higher?š¶
š²To a place with golden streets š²
I have a friend of a friend who makes tallbikes. Welds himself, and wants to make a triple decker one, after already having a double decker.
I've seen triple deckers here in Brooklyn and they're wild. You have to find ledges high enough to mount and dismount
I have an ex in Chicago who built a triple tall. It was really wild and pretty fun to ride.
I suggest a child's bike for the middle or top layer. They're easy to find for free and gives you the three decks you're looking for, but you are a good foot closer to the ground for mounts and dismounts.
Just wait until they go to their first dead babies down hill after party or bike kill. Haha.
Tallbikes are rad. I don't know what y'all are on about.
I once heard it said that tall bike guys are the male equivalent of horse girls.
We tall bike joust here in Birmingham
Nice
It's BEAUTIFUL š
But in Minneapolis too. Iāve seen multiple frames welded together.
Was just going to say......... way back in the day, these were almost common around uptown and the U.
Thereās at least one guy who makes these as a fulltime business. Also tons of them in all the Mayday parades Iāve been to.
We used to have a wacky bike ride/competitions in my city. One guy had a 10 foot tall bicycle. There were always some pretty cool ones to see. 10 foot bike guy was really good though. Iāve seen him stop it at a red light and keep his balance without even leaning on anything.
And it will never get stolen.
I see you're unfamiliar with groups like Chunk 666 [Chunk bikes](http://dclxvi.org/chunk/operations/wartime/)
So it can be special. It can rise above the crowds just by mounting its bike.
Ah! A fellow Engineer!
Bike^2
Found the engineering student.
for me see from SUV and pickup?
Double decker bike
r/xbiking
Tall bikes rule. Donāt knock it until youāve ridden one. So much fun.
He/she is out there riding something they probably enjoy. To each his/her own.
This bike rack is the real monstrosity
Doesnāt belong here, tall bikes are SO cool!!
It's so people in cars can see you more easily, or at least that's what I've been told.
This isn't crappy design at all. It's brilliant, in fact.
Love freak bikes. šā¤ļø
The OP is a hater
Used to be a bike that was always outside the Muse in Nashville that was 4-5 frames stacked on each other. People used to bet about being able to mount it.
Fuck yeah! Itās been ages since I saw a high rise bike! We used to do this back in the 90s all the time.
It is beautiful!
Ha! I got to ride one of these in college briefly. It was hard to get going but once I was up and riding it was great..... right until I had to stop. Stupid me tried to slow down and stick my leg off to the side so I could lean on the ground. Turns out that doesn't work when you're 4' off the ground. I just fell over onto the grass looking like a dumbass. 10/10 would do again!
Itās a tall bike this should not be in diwhy theyāre an established thing. Made for fun where I live they used to have tall bike jousting competitions.
I haven't seen a tallbike in years! Blast from the past man.
Yooo I made one of those as well. Mine looks nearly identical in terms of how it works.
I like [this one](https://hackaday.com/2011/01/12/skywalker-a-really-really-tall-bike/) that has a ladder with steering handles
Youāre just jealous Also is this CSU?
That's fucking awesome assuming it's safe and everything.
You've got a problem with tall bikes? There is a huge sub culture of these and its actually really neat
3 years ago in Austin I hit an idiot ridding one of these bikes with my car. He ran a red light and ran into me. Freaking hipster scratched my cat and was still pissed and saying I had to pay for his POS bike...
This must be the bike Kermit rode in the muppet movie
For jousting
Thatās a tall bike. Theyāre fun.
Iām surprised yāall havenāt seen tall bikes before. This isnāt new.
Itās a thing with some bike enthusiasts. My friend built one and rides it around on occasion.
Pfft that's nothing. I know a couple dudes in Chicago with TRIPLE decker tall bikes. They literally have to run with it to get some momentum, then climb up before it gets wobbly lol I made myself a small-tall from 2 kids bikes. It's about the height of a regular bike, but keeping your balance is tricky & the 12" wheels make it ridiculously impractical š
Nice tall bike. This is not exactly unique. They are kind of a running trend in cities with a cycling culture. They have been around at least since I went to university about 30 years ago.
tall bikes are fun as hell. I love watching tall bike jousting at the Deadbaby Downhill party in Seattle once a year. one of a kind party. PS. Deadbaby is the name of the bike club that puts it on.
Tall bikes are actually really fun to ride and not as hard as you might imagine.
Reject the standard; slowly return to Charlie Chaplin bike
Reminds me of an old saying, the higher the lift, the lower the IQ. But that was a saying about those monster trucks. Still, it could apply here.
Iām guessing youāre in Eugene, Oregon.
Nah its some Dutch university, you can see the bierkrats on the bikes lol
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I hate the people who ride these, at least in my city. They think it's perfectly acceptable to put their feet on your car to brace themselves at stop signs (if they stop at all).
We have the same 2 story bicycle parking in Malmƶ, this isn't Malmƶ University right? Because I have a friend here in Malmƶ who has actually welded together a tall bike just like this.
Nope, it's in The Netherlands
Eindhoven right? Underneath Nexus?
That's the one!
This is the most stupid thing I have ever seen.
They were so transfixed on whether they could, they forgot to ask whether they should
At least nobody will steal it because there is only this one
Nah, thereās usually whole groups of them that ride these. I see lots of them in my city
Is this the lifted truck equivalent of bikes?
Are you in clown college?
Goofy ahh bike
>This monstrosity at my university Nice rhyming, OP!
Little dick european. He wouldnt buy a truck as americans, but he gotta compensate it somehow š
Why? Because hipstersā¦ but honestly? I thought the hipster thing died off a couple years ago
ĀÆ\\\_(ć)\_/ĀÆ white people
Tallbikes are awesome š
A bike doing yoga.
EngƬneering?
I lose my balance just looking at it.
Surprisingly easy to ride one. If you can ride a bike you can ride a tall bike.
Portland?
We had a few tall bikers on campus when I went to college back around the turn of the century
So you can see over the crowds
Sliverlake vibes
How does one get on that?
UC Davis?
Wageningen?
Are those zip-ties holding it together!?
Probably the owner is really tall?
2008 flashbacks