PRESS RELEASE: Dirty Sixer BikesWith most sizing charts topping out before 200cm, what do you do if you're simply too tall for bikes? Well, the answer to that probably comes in the form of DirtySixer and our 36-inch-wheeled bikes.
The model pictured above was made for LeBron James, the 203cm (6'8") tall LA Lakers basketball player, but we have also made bikes for Shaquille O'Neal and Mark Eaton. The 36-inch wheel is a well-established standard in unicycling (as is the 32" that DirtySixer also offers) and it has been adapted by DirtySixer to form the basis of our US designed, engineered and hand fabricated bikes. Dirty Sixer are recommended by the National Basketball Retired Players Association, which is how we've ended up with a Globetrotter cast of customers.
Scaling up the wheels allows us to create a stronger and more proportional bike for larger riders. We also use a larger tubing diameter, wider hubs laced with 36 spokes and wider rims. To accommodate for longer legs, wemcan fit 210mm cranks as well as bigger pedals, wider saddles and, soon, bigger custom handlebar tubing for big hands.
LeBron's personal bike comes with Onyx hubs, a 1×12 wide range cassette with Archer electronic shifting, carbon fiber rims, 180mm cranks, Catalyst pedals, a Kinet suspension seatpost, 35mm handlebars, Vee Rubber tires, and Magura MT5 hydraulic 4-piston brakes. DirtySixer can offer mountain bike models with an 80mm travel MRP fork, but LeBron has gone for a fully rigid fork here.
We are looking to expand in the future with titanium models and even an ebike in the near future. The limited production DirtySixer 36er comes in 3 big sizes: XXXL (3XL) for riders from 6’5″ or 195cm up to 6’9″ or 205cm, XXXXL (4XL) for riders from 6’9″ or 205cm up to 7’1″ or 215cm and XXXXXL (5XL) for riders from 7’1″ or 215cm and up to 7’4″ or 223cm. Prices start at $6,999 USD.
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www.adventuresportsnetwork.com/sport/bike/nba-legend-reggie-miller-has-become-a-legit-mountain-biker-in-retirement
Pinkbike should definitely do a profile on him if they get a chance! Custom bikes are cool, but I definitely want to know the are being ridden as intended.
m.vitalmtb.com/videos/features/17-Questions-Reggie-Miller,33131/sspomer,2
RAD! LeBron is one of the more high-profile bike advocates out there. I can imagine a company would be stoked to get him on one of their bikes.
www.bicycling.com/news/a22613790/a-bike-saved-lebron-james-now-hes-giving-them-to-all-his-students
*on a side note I want to take opportunity to say (again) that 27,5" wheels as a mainstream thing are a scam and whatever happens to people who came up with this idiotic idea and pushed it - they deserve it.
AUX AAAARMES CITOYENS !!!!
I work at a bikeshop and has the opportunity to try out a lot of different bikes and geos. And I for instance noticed a positive difference between a 29er and a 27'5.
But I do like my riding to be really playful which could be a factor in why I like it better than 29ers.
Not saying there's something wrong with waggon wheels, I just prefer the smaller ones.
They make use of the word “proportional” yet there’s no space for lebrons probably huge feet
The intended use of the bikes was city// commuting; the idea being that bigger wheels eat more easily through stairs etc.. There was even a video a regular chap climbing stairs like it was a smooth slope.
SC Hightower and HTLT (what I’m currently riding)
Transition Sentinal (aluminum only)
YT Capra
Gurerrilla Gravity Smash (size 4 is pretty much an XXL)
What am I missing?
www.wsj.com/articles/the-lebron-james-interview-about-bicycles-1533561787
I'm pretty sure he could get by just fine on a 29" wheel.
Suspension? With that size I assume you'd have to also custom build a front suspension fork?
LOL...well their website is designed to convince people who know nothing about bike fit... that they must buy a 36er or 32er if they're tall.
Lebron doesn't wear a size 10
www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/1778913
I legit think he only went there for his businesses and his son to play ball where he wanted. Because to say he went there to win rings is laughable. The lakers have consistently drafted trash for a long time now.