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Tall Bike Company - Dirty Sixer on KickStarter

2016-03-05T22:35:32.000Z

Ever get tired of tiny normal human-sized bikes?

David Folch has your back.. errr legs taken care of with his Dirty Sixer bikes now on kickstarter.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1743061580/dirtysixer-the-only-big-bike-for-tall-people-36-wh

The Old Solution vs. the New Solution

Longer videos are available at the KickStarter link, but this 20sec video really shows you the visual difference of the same rider on the average bike vs a Dirty Sixer.

Check out the Dirty Sixer on Kick Starter

John Amaechi - Success Talk & Being Tall

2016-02-24T16:30:00.000Z

I can really identify with this talk by John Amaechi, as I'm sure many of you will too. He speaks about his childhood growing up being so tall and different from other kids in his hometown.

He is now a psychologist, executive coach and also an introvert. He has a lot of other amazing things in his bio, but I don't want to spoil it for you if you don't know of him. If you are tall and introspective it's well worth the 20 minutes of time. I imagine we'll see John on a TED Talk sometime soon if he hasn't already done one that I have not yet found.

Learn more about John at John Amaechi.com

More talks from this site can be found on Success-Talks.co.uk

Tall Office Chair - The Search - UPDATE with Solution

2010-01-23T22:30:00.000Z

Search for the best tall office chair

So I stop looking like this guy everyday

So I'm looking around at buying a good office chair for my home office, but find that most "tall" designations are for people 6'1 and taller. Nothing against 6'1 people, but I'm a bit taller than that at 6'11".

That extra 10 inches of height and 300+ pounds of support needed means that this will probably be yet another long exhaustive search for the perfect tall persons office chair.

The Tall Chair Mission

Crawl the internet, ask our community and help everyone.

As I look around and find potential options I'll paste the links and information in this post. I figure it's something I would do anyway, trying to keep track of my options, so why not share that experience with everyone else.

Links, Thoughts, Community Help

Does anyone have good experience with a particular chair or a brand?

I'll be using this section to update everyone on my search and grab useful comments left on this blog post to also include up in here. By doing this, then down the road, we will all have a useful resource for fellow tall people trying to save their cramped back by finding a proper fitting tall office chair.

Ergonomics

Tall Chair Seat Height

The height of your seat should be high enough that your thighs are at least parallel to the floor, or preferably have your hips slightly higher than your hips.

For me that means I'm looking for a chair that will rise up to 23 or 24 inches high

Annoyance is that many people list the overall height of the chair and not just the seat. My legs, could care less how high the back of the chair goes up.

Tall Chair Seat Depth

The depth of the seat is something to consider as well. The deeper the seat depth the more of your body weight can be supported by the chair (this is something to consider when purchasing couches as well.)

My initial guess is that I probably am looking for 20inches deep of a seat.

Tall Chair Seat Width

Obviously if you can not fit into the seat width-wise this is a problem. This is really the airplane dilemma where people think fat people should pay for two tickets if they want to be comfortable. Truth of the matter is that the bones of my hips do not fit into many airplane seats. I find it so comfortable bruising the points of my hips or sitting awkwardly with hips vertical in one direction or another for a flight to get somewhere. No need to repeat that in looking for my perfect tall office chair.

I'm not sure what width I need at this point, but looking for a chair with adjustable arms or no arms at all may make for a good choice.

UPDATE - Solution Found! - November 3, 2015

So.. it's been a long time coming for me to find a viable and affordable tall person office chair solution. I'm sure some of the $1000+ chairs are great, but for $60 extra this method has worked out amazingly great for the ROI.

As it turns out you can buy taller cylinders and actually replace the cylinder in an old office chair or even buy one from a chain store that you find comfortable and just replace the cylinder.

I wound up buying this 8" cylinder and at 6'11 this chair goes way higher than I need, in fact at it's lowest its probably perfect for me. The 5" cylinder might be better for anyone shorter, and perhaps even fine for myself.

There is probably a safety risk for chairs going up this high especially for normal people which is probably why we don't see them often, but I feel completely safe in my chair, though the 5" may be more stable.

Here are the two different height products for you to check out on Amazon. Note those are affiliate links but certainly feel free to search around for more. I had great luck with this vendor and the part was delivered quickly and worked perfectly once I got the old cylinder out of my short office chair.

Heavy Duty 5" Stroke Replacement Office Chair Gas Lift Cylinder Pneumatic Shock - S6111-HD

Heavy Duty 8" Stroke Replacement Drafting Stool Gas Lift Cylinder Pneumatic Shock - Medium Stool Height - S6115-HD

Finally, for replacing the cylinder, there are tons of videos, but this one was a good start. My chair was really stuck and took some serious WD-40, time and the pipewrench technique, but it was pretty old and jammed in there after years of use. A new chair would probably be even easier.

[Note: Check the comments. The video wasn't embedding here for some reason.]

Tall Bathing Suit Cover-Ups

2010-07-13T19:00:00.000Z

1) Baros Kafton ($62)

2) Desert Sarong ($25)

3) Bliss Tunic ($39)

With summer in full-force, swimwear is an absolute must! Whether you are attending a cookout or vacationing on the beach, a tall bathing suit cover-up is another must-have for summer. Whenever I wear a regular size cover-up, I feel like I am wearing a long shirt that barely covers my toosh, making it essentially useless to wear as a cover-up.

Tall girls are in luck this summer as I actually found really cute “tall” bathing suit cover-ups at Long Tall Sally and Tall Girl Shop!

Delta Airs Absurdly Poor Customer Service

2010-06-30T12:30:00.000Z

Good Morning this is Delta Airlines Customer Service,

How about we start off your morning revoking your voucher that you paid for, then insinuating that you are trying to cheat the system and
calling you stupid for thinking we would have a process that every other
Delta employee has told you about and appears on my computer screen.

Lets toss in some questioning about your feminine name and deep voice which shows me you are trying to lie again, this time about your gender
and who you are. Ok now back to my coffee, job well done and $400
nicely stolen from a loyal customer.

Me: Huh?!! I can assure you that I am a male sir, I am not dumb, that I did pay for that voucher and despite your "years" of service that at
least has been the process.

What does shock and dismay me is that Delta's customer service has crumbled this far and that you have had
your job for "years" telling customers they are liars right down to
questioning their ethics and gender. Forget the face I was trying to purchase a $1400 plane ticket and you probably just flushed the extra grand down the drain.

Thats ok, I will nicely hang up with you and take my case to Delta and social media. I love that we are no longer bound by 1-on-1
conversations with big faceless corporations.

If only I had musical talent I'd write a follow-up song called "United breaks guitars and
Delta questions the gender you are".

Its bad enough us tall people have to wince in the pain and discomfort of coach to get anywhere, but at least I've always been nice about understanding that it is a business and I do fall outside the norms of human size which isn't there fault, and it is my choice to fly or not. I however do not have to put up with that level of service.

Stylish Tall Women's Clothes

2010-05-26T17:00:00.000Z

While more retailers are beginning to carry tall women’s clothes, its often limited to basic jeans or basic t-shirts – no frills and no style. Many times, the super trendy styles are only available in regular sizes, but tall women deserve to be stylish too! Thanks to the LTS Boutique Collection by Long Tall Sally, even us tall girls can be ultra trendy! Styles are taken from the runway and custom made to fit and flatter tall women.

Regardless of your age, the LTS Boutique Collection has something stylish for all tall women ranging from trendy tall jeans to super cute tall tops.

Medusa Blouse ($42) Luisa Top ($55)

Skylar Jeans ($79) Annouk Sandals ($92)

Tall Summer Dresses

2010-05-04T19:30:00.000Z

One of the best things about summer is getting to wear super-cute summer dresses!

Being a tall girl, dresses seemed to be the one thing I could wear in a regular size, but over the years, dresses have continually gotten shorter. At this point, there is no way I could wear a regular size dress - they barely cover my toosh!

While few retailers carry tall dresses, I’ve had great luck at Old Navy this season. I just purchased two tall dresses (pictured above) earlier this week and love them! One is perfect for the pool/beach and the other is great for date night!

The best part? They were both less than $30 / dress!

Old Navy sells out of tall sizes very quickly - often within a week – so act fast!

Bathing Suit Season is Almost Here. Are you Ready??

2010-04-20T12:30:00.000Z

Great news! Retailers are starting to carry tall women's swimwear!

Tall Clothing Resource Pick of the Day (from Athleta):

Athleta - large selection of trendy one-piece swimsuits and tankinis

Other retailers carrying long torso swimwear:

Lands End - reasonably priced tall one-piece swimsuits and tankinis

LL Bean - moderate selection of tall one-piece swimsuits

Eddie Bauer - very limited selection of long torso one-piece bathing suits

JC Penney - reasonably priced tall one-piece swimsuits and tankinis

Where do you buy your long torso swimwear???

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Why Tall Women Should Wear High Heels

2009-06-13T19:00:00.000Z

So at 6ft2, I’m very tall. If I hadn’t noticed this fact, I would have found out very quickly – from the ten strangers a day who feel the need to let me know.

There are many strange things about being tall but one of the most annoying has to be complete strangers (or fashion professionals incognito??) who feel compelled to tell me that as a tall girl, I should not wear heels.

I didn’t wear heels until my early 20’s because I couldn’t get them in my size but now I can and you can’t get me out of them – particularly 3 or 4 inch one’s on a night out.

Now look, people don’t go around telling short girls they shouldn’t wear flat shoes so why do 60% of the peopl e I meet insist on telling me that, as a tall girl, I shouldn’t wear heels?

Tall women should wear heels and here’s my top reasons why:

- As stylist and fashionista Jay Manuel says “Everyone can look like a supermodel with a bootleg trouser and a high heel” (it does quite ring true if you say ‘ballet flat’ instead of ‘high heel’ , does it?).

- They make you seem leaner and slimmer.

- The give you the best walk which just can’t be replicated in flats.

- They give you better legs, slimmer ankles and accentuate the best of your figure.

- The are the glamorous and somehow that changes how you feel and behave.

- Is your love-life lacking? Well get some high heels on! No, not just because men seem to love them but because, according to the latest research by Dr Maria Cerruoto , wearing high heels improves your pelvic floor muscles, and we modern girls all know what that does for you.

- They make you taller. Yes, I really did say that! Your height is something to be proud of and to be honest, when you’re very tall, 3 inches isn’t actually going to make a whole lot of difference to how tall you look (6ft and 6ft3 all look the same from down there).

- They make your feet look smaller.

- When was the last time you read the words “fabulous flat pump”? Exactly.

(Read more posts like this about and for tall women at www.amazonablog.com)