Los Angeles-based cinematographer Richie Trimble knows how sweet the view is from a bicycle seat 14.5 feet up. Luckily, he shared it with the rest of us in his POV video of riding his insanely tall homemade bike, dubbed Stoopidtall, through L.A.’s bike-centric CicLAvia event. The beast was built in 12 hours using one Huffy beach cruiser, 2″ square tubing, 3/4″ round tubing, 1″ round tubing, a 26″ single-speed coaster brake wheelset, and 6.5 single-speed chains (32.5 feet of chain). To boot, Trimble used “an upside down shopping cart and a split log” to bend the tubing.
Trimble cruises to the coast with eye level roughly at 17 feet off the ground:
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At that height does a bike helmet becomes useless or absolutely necessary?
I would say useless, I think a motorcycle helmet might perform better, but I if you hit the ground with your head first, your neck will break either way.
Do you really care to remain conscious when all your limbs are broken?
Inspired lunacy. Love that video.
This is how smart people get removed from the gene pool. I admire the ingenuity it took to create something like this, but it’s undoubtedly suicidal nature makes me wonder…
Never thought my height anxiety would be triggered by a secondhand bike ride. Well done.
second that. I am all sweaty now!
Very Cool! This thing must have been heavy — I hope he had a crew of “catchers”. I kept thinking about power lines.
I was hoping he was going to dismount into the sea :-(