32" Wheels? Interesting...

[LandoftheGiants]

You are expected to plant your feet on the ground when stationary on a motorcycle, right? While you jump off the saddle when stopping a bicycle.

Correct, I was a bit befuddled there on the bicycle dismounting process, apologies. On Motorbikes, more often than not you are correct as well. The bike those wheels in my pics above are off though is an adventure bike, and they like dirt bikes have high seats, high frames so as to avoid bottoming out the engine on trails. I can't flat foot that bike, only one foot and the other on my toes. For shorter people the recommended practice when stopping is to slide your bum across the seat so one foot can be grounded flat.

 

[sc00ter]

When I was a teenager many moons ago one of the local bicycle shops, A-1 Bikes at the last Virginia Beach Pembroke location, had a red beach cruiser with tall wheels in the window. I'm in my 50's now but I asked a friend if he remembers it and he swears it had 38 inch wheels! It made a 26" Worksman look small. Neither of us can remember the brand name and I listed the shop name in case anyone on this site seen it back in the day. It really stood out back then for being different, kinda like a GJS Big Tube freestyle bike.

 

[DaveMatthews]

Correct, I was a bit befuddled there on the bicycle dismounting process, apologies. On Motorbikes, more often than not you are correct as well. The bike those wheels in my pics above are off though is an adventure bike, and they like dirt bikes have high seats, high frames so as to avoid bottoming out the engine on trails. I can't flat foot that bike, only one foot and the other on my toes. For shorter people the recommended practice when stopping is to slide your bum across the seat so one foot can be grounded flat.

This is why I installed a dropper post on my Stance 29er.

 

[LandoftheGiants]

Yes they can angle the top tube down as low as they dare but you still have to swing your leg over the bike. I was never one for threading my foot between the seat and the stem. But they'll find a niche, even a big one if the marketing is done well. Just look at the plethora of carbon bikes getting around. Carbon = "We can charge more "