Author Topic: Is this actually rideable?  (Read 2182 times)

Offline sdcr

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Is this actually rideable?
« on: April 01, 2017, 09:01:03 AM »
I'm not trying to mock this design, just really curious.

 The seat looks so low, it's hard to imagine how the rider can see over the gas tank.

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Re: Is this actually rideable?
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2017, 09:22:03 AM »
 Not all that extreme compared to some choppers . No problem seeing over the tank unless you are a keebler elf .

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Re: Is this actually rideable?
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2017, 09:25:17 AM »
I think it's kind of cool in some strange way. I like the 350 aspect, and I suspect it would be ok for short commutes.

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Re: Is this actually rideable?
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2017, 09:57:05 AM »
Everyone's different.   I know guys and girls who would find that bike very comfortable.   We don't all have 32" inseams!

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Re: Is this actually rideable?
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2017, 10:03:41 AM »
Yeah - that looks like a fun run-about.

I just checked out the specs:
http://clevelandcyclewerks.com/heist-details/

It's rolling on a 21 up front and an 18 in back. So it would be easy to fit dirt-bike knobbies and make yourself a bob-scrambler.. or a scrambobbler...
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Re: Is this actually rideable?
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2017, 11:07:27 AM »
Just ride like a taildragger and do the weave.

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Re: Is this actually rideable?
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2017, 11:18:11 AM »
Except for the exhaust pipe it looks okay.
I would have loved to ride that to high school.
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Re: Is this actually rideable?
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2017, 04:46:47 PM »
Everyone's different.   I know guys and girls who would find that bike very comfortable.   We don't all have 32" inseams!

Lannis

Well, I'd guess that a reasonably tall female might be able to tolerate, or even get a thrill out of, the seat/bars/footpegs configuration.  A guy, it looks like, would have to be very pain tolerant in the family jewels area, especially if hitting any irregularities in the road, with a hard-tail frame & no suspension at all on the seat.
It is basically a styling exercise that can be ridden, not a rider that has style...  Nothing wrong with that if all you're doing is riding from bar to bar - I went thru that phase in my misspent youth, so I can't criticize.
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