Thread: Mountain Bike for Tall Guy (on a budget!)

Well, I gave a couple of bikes a spin over the weekend. I tried the Gary Fisher Ferrous 21" 29er, the Paragon (same as the Ferrous, but Aluminum), a $400 29er (don't remember the brand), and a Giant Yukon. Thoughts: The Ferrous was fantastic! Great components and solid fit. Really liked the Fox Fork I prefer steel, so the Ferrous beat the Paragon The cheapo was terrible - I really did not like the DART shox The Yukon was OK, but...

My thinking is buy what you really want (if you can $ wise) because you will spend more in the long run by upgrading.

The Ferrous is a nice bike. It is different from other Fisher 29ers in that it doesn't have g2 geometry. G2 29ers have a slackish head angle and fork with lots of offset in order to handle relatively quickly. The Ferrous has a normal offset fork, but a steep head tube angle. If you find it's too twitchy, however, you can increase the travel of the f29 to 100mm.

Kona Kahuna in a 22" should be a pretty great fit. There's also the Big Kahuna, if you want to stretch your budget a little. http://konaworld.com/09_kahuna_c.cfm

I'm almost exactly like you. I'm 6'5, 185 lbs. with a 34 inseam. I looked around for a while and ended up going with the Giant Yukon. Its an awesome bike, the only thing you might want to upgrade is the forks.

6'7" with a 34" inseam...you're a weird lookin'dude! I'm just shy of 6'2" with a 34" inseam and I'm completely normal.

Kona Unit will fit you.

Im 6ft 3 in with a 37in inseam and ride a 21" Rockhopper Comp Disk 29er. With your long torso and Im guessing long arms you might need a 23".

xlg 29er, cannondale makes a "jumbo" the f4 29er is a grand, idk other companies prices top of my head

You might test ride a Gary fisher. the Genisis and Genisis 2 geometry lends to longer top tubes which, may fit your long torso.