On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Simon Wilcox <es...@ourshack.com> wrote: > Robert Shiels wrote: >> >> I would love to have a go on a Strida so that I could give an opinion - > > I had a go on Paul's a few years ago and even though I'm only a couple of > inches taller than he is (I'm 6' 4") it made a huge amount of difference, > from really useful to very unstable with my knees knocking on the handlebars > when cornering.
I actually learnt something slightly counter-intuitive when I got my second one and was having the seat height adjusted which is that a lower seat is a bit better for taller people (on this bike) so you get knee-room. The cost of course is that your legs ride in a more folded position--may or may not be a problem. The guy that designed the Strida is 6'1". That said, you might just be too big! Next time I'm in London at a social I'll bring it along for anyone else <6'4" ;-) Paul, only 6' PS Brompton's are great; I didn't meant to suggest otherwise--my personal take is that if you are regularly riding 'proper' distances like >3mi and/or carrying luggage you probably want a Brompton. The Strida's use case is IMO more towards getting to/from the Tube/train/bus stop, buzzing around short-ish distances, but _can_ do longer distances if you need it. > Which is a shame as I loved it in all other respects, nice and stable in a > straight line, folds up really easily just couldn't go round corners whilst > pedalling. > > YMMV etc etc. > > S. >