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We know how hard it can be to shop for friends and loved ones, but if you’re in need of gift ideas for cyclists, that’s easy for the team at Zinn Cycles. From going big with a completely custom bike to keeping things small with some accessories and components, there are loads of options when it comes to gifts for bike enthusiasts. If you’re in need of some inspiration for finding a unique gift for the bike lover in your life (or a gift for yourself), then you’re in the right place.

We recently built this custom titanium electric mountain bike for a 6'8" gentleman who has been living in Cambodia. We got the pleasure of getting to work with him and found him very interesting. He chose many years ago to move to Southeast Asia. He has developed a career in advertising and has lived in Vietnam and Cambodia. .

This was a really cool project. We recently built this custom titanium electric mountain bike for a local Boulder cyclist who is 6'4", but with extremely long legs. His legs were as long as the average 6'9" customer but his torso was similar to someone who is 6'2". This posed a very interesting design challenge, and on top of that, he needed a very upright riding position to keep his neck and back comfortable. Instead of building the bike with a super long head tube and a custom suspension fork with extra long steering tube, we used the new Fox 38 e-bike optimized 180mm travel fork to help get the front end high enough for the rider to be comfortable.

Most of the Zinn and Clydesdale mountain bikes built in the past few years have all been using 29 plus tires. A 29 plus mountain bike is a great option for a big and tall rider for many reason. For one the larger volume tires of a 29 plus mountain bike look and feel more proportional for taller riders. You also get added traction in sand and on technical trails.

We recently built this custom titanium electric mountain bike for a long-time customer of ours in Hawaii. The rider is 6'8" and 275lbs and we built this mountain e-bike with 29 plus tires. The Tires are 29x3.0" which are a real game changer for a big and tall person. You get better traction and stability, and even more tire cushion, which is nice when you don't have rear suspension.

Table of Contents Introduction Tools Seatpost Installation Treating the Stem Handlebar Positioning Stem Faceplate Installation Front Wheel Installation Final Steps Bicycle Assembly When you get your Zinn, Clydesdale, or KHS bike fully assembled from us, it’s shipped to your house already built. But, you will have a few minor steps to complete before you can hop on and go for a ride. So, follow this how-to guide to assemble your bicycle quickly and easily.

I just had dinner last night in Vancouver with two tall (6’7” and 6’9”) Zinn customers, Layne Nadeau and Byron Tokarchuk, and heard inspiring tales of the riding that is now possible for them since they got their XXXL Zinn Gigabikes. The Vancouver North Shore trails are notorious for their steepness, slipperiness, dropoffs, stunts, and general technical challenge. Trails that are labeled blue (i.e., intermediate) on the North Shore would be labeled as double black diamond anywhere else. There are maybe two loops in the area that could be called “cross country” trails; everything else is an incredible network of freeride trails, many of them build high off the ground on skinny wooden Ewok-village-type structures with teeter-totters (even curving ones) in them.

This is from the last issue of our Quarterly Newsletter