# gios for the larger gentleman **URL:** \ **Category:** eBay finds\ **Created:** [August 16, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/gios-for-the-larger-gentleman/52570 "2011-08-16T02:26:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hellocoulson](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/hellocoulson/32/544_2.png) [@hellocoulson](https://fixed.org.au/u/hellocoulson)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/gios-for-the-larger-gentleman/52570/1 "2011-08-16T02:26:44Z")
[Gios Torino Rennrad Mod. Super Record Singlespeed Pista | eBay](http://cgi.ebay.de/Gios-Torino-Rennrad-Mod-Super-Record-Singlespeed-Pista-/170679775930?pt=Sport_Radsport_Fahrr%C3%A4der&hash=item27bd4eb2ba#ht_3379wt_1139) 31cm headtube, jesus ---
**Author:** ![mr\_dylan](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/mr_dylan/32/277_2.png) [@mr\_dylan](https://fixed.org.au/u/mr_dylan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/gios-for-the-larger-gentleman/52570/2 "2011-08-16T02:34:58Z")
Who the fuck is that tall? ---
**Author:** ![aeroBLOKE](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@aeroBLOKE](https://fixed.org.au/u/aeroBLOKE)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/gios-for-the-larger-gentleman/52570/3 "2011-08-16T02:41:43Z")
> [@mr\_dylan](#): > > Who the fuck is that tall? This 8 foot 5 Ukrainian. But it seems he already has a bike, Maybe it could be his commuter? ![](http://www.sott.net/image/image/7373/World_tallest_man.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![greenmachine](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/greenmachine/32/243_2.png) [@greenmachine](https://fixed.org.au/u/greenmachine)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/gios-for-the-larger-gentleman/52570/4 "2011-08-16T02:43:32Z")
and then the stem maxed out too! ---
**Author:** ![BPM](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@BPM](https://fixed.org.au/u/BPM)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/gios-for-the-larger-gentleman/52570/5 "2011-08-16T02:43:42Z")
bill walton ![](http://www.bobkestrut.com/images/walton.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![mr\_dylan](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/mr_dylan/32/277_2.png) [@mr\_dylan](https://fixed.org.au/u/mr_dylan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/gios-for-the-larger-gentleman/52570/6 "2011-08-16T02:46:53Z")
Man it would be SOOOO COOOL to be tall. ---
**Author:** ![Rooster](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/rooster/32/169_2.png) [@Rooster](https://fixed.org.au/u/Rooster)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 6:48am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/gios-for-the-larger-gentleman/52570/7 "2011-08-16T06:48:42Z")
> [@mr\_dylan](#): > > Man it would be SOOOO COOOL to be tall. It’s handy, but it’s not that awesome, I assure you (and I’m not even that tall). ---
**Author:** ![BrakeFree](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/brakefree/32/125_2.png) [@BrakeFree](https://fixed.org.au/u/BrakeFree)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/gios-for-the-larger-gentleman/52570/8 "2011-08-16T15:31:39Z")
you’d have to be clever with your tubing and butting choice building that frame, else it would fold in half like a damp sponge ---
**Author:** ![mr\_dylan](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/mr_dylan/32/277_2.png) [@mr\_dylan](https://fixed.org.au/u/mr_dylan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/gios-for-the-larger-gentleman/52570/9 "2011-08-16T15:38:49Z")
Couldn’t you use a double top tube? ---
**Author:** ![AL9000](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/al9000/32/7_2.png) [@AL9000](https://fixed.org.au/u/AL9000)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/gios-for-the-larger-gentleman/52570/10 "2011-08-16T15:43:27Z")
Yup, then you’d actually have a main ‘triangle’ not a trapezoid. But the Italian style police would have you garrotted if you suggested it. Edit: Riv x Soma collabo: ![](http://www.rivbike.com/images/products/full/0000/3366/63.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![mr\_dylan](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/mr_dylan/32/277_2.png) [@mr\_dylan](https://fixed.org.au/u/mr_dylan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/gios-for-the-larger-gentleman/52570/11 "2011-08-16T15:45:46Z")
What about function\>form yo? ---
**Author:** ![AL9000](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/al9000/32/7_2.png) [@AL9000](https://fixed.org.au/u/AL9000)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/gios-for-the-larger-gentleman/52570/12 "2011-08-16T15:58:10Z")
When your rozzers wear uniforms designed by Valentino, you will always take form over function. ![](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/2868124907_d1b17ed766.jpg)