Riding Around with Jon Lynn | Keyko BMX Trails

[@TerryB]

Thank you to today's video sponsor The Pro's Closet: bit.ly/439iWRb

[@markday1714]

a peek into a world I don't know anything about. way cool!! thanks

[@ArtFalcon]

Highly entertaining…I give it two very enthusiastic thumbs up 👍 👍

[@TerryB]

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[@pk421x]

I didn’t know it was so communal but it makes sense that these gems are only as good as those who dedicate their time to maintain it. ♻️ Thanks for sharing a different slice of bike life TerryB.

[@TerryB]

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[@kevinhansen2118]

Awesome film, love this style

[@zacjurilj7971]

Favourite video you’ve ever posted, Thankyou

[@kroeff_san]

Siiiick!!! I love BMX Trails

[@jamescasteel8990]

Random question- have you rode Sklar Super Something yet? Have any opinions?

[@sklyar115]

Hi guys! Can u tell me what came u use to shoot videos? The quality is top

[@TerryB]

Sony FX3

[@MarijnRoorda]

So i checked out the video's sponsor, and i'm sorry to say, they only have kids bikes. That is to say, bicycles for little people. I'm from the Netherlands, i drive a 75cm frame bicycle on a every day basis, and that is 75cm from the pedal axle to the top of the tube in which the saddle goes, and 75cm from that point to the tube that holds the steering handles, and i really need that space. Funnily enough, with over a 100 bicycle manufacturers in the tiny country of the Netherlands, there is but 1 company that actually makes my size of bicycles. At a rate of about 12 a year, in a country where we have 18 million citizens and over 23 million bicycles. And to add, they seem to only sell sports bicycles, and lack every day commuter bicycles with upright positions like those that are so heavily favored in the Netherlands. So the sponsors claim of having a bike for every person, i highly doubt that they actually do. Though of course, i haven't physically been to any of their stores. As for the ride around, i would welcome you to come and visit the Netherlands and see for yourself what life is like in the Utopia of cycling perfection. And there are plenty of youtubers you could do a collaboration with, such as Not Just Bikes or Strong Towns.

[@Lauriieton]

So you mean a 75cm saddle height? In which case would be very standard, I ride a 76cm saddle height @ 6'2", and The Pro's Closet has an abundance of large and extra large bikes. So I have no idea what you're talking about.

[@MarijnRoorda]

@@Lauriieton I didn't mean a 75 cm saddle height. I mean the tube in which the pin of the saddle goes is 75 cm. The saddle pin itself is another 10 cm. For a total of 85 cm between the axle of the pedals and the seat of the saddle. The tube between the saddle pin and the steering bars is another 75cm. Then the steering bars are also another 10 cm up and about 5 cm forwards, and then curved back at the ends which is very common in the Netherlands. I looked at your extra large bikes, and your XX large ones, and those are still 10 cm short. Or in other words, whenever i would turn my steering bars to go around corners, i would bump them into my knees. For reference, i'm 6'9" or 201cm tall.

[@Lauriieton]

@@MarijnRoorda You should have much more than 10cm of seatpost coming out of the frame if it is a road bike, I have 18cm which is pretty average, so the road bikes you are buying are too big for you. Conor Dunne, a GCN presenter and former pro cyclist, is 3cm taller than you and rides a size XXL, so you don't need any larger than that and could fit a size XL no problem, just with a larger stem if needed. My 6'5 friend rides a 57cm/L bike and it fits him fine. BTW, 201cm is 6'7, not 6'9. What size stem do you use?

[@MarijnRoorda]

​@@Lauriieton Size of the Stem is about 10cm in height and forward about 5cm. But we don't ride a straight handlebar here in the Netherlands, they are curved back at the ends to allow for a more upright position. It's what we call a "stadsfiets" meant for commuting and short every day trips. Anyhow, its the distance between the tube in which the saddle sits and the curved back handlebars that creates the problem, when i drive a 57cm or 62cm bicycle, my knees bump into the handlebars and i have to carefully adjust the height of my knees every time i turn a corner to prevent myself from falling. It doesn't happen with my current bicycle, which has a 75cm frame. I have been to various manufacturers here in the Netherlands, including ones with factories, talked with their engineers and designers, and came to the conclusion that none of them have a working solution other then trying to keep my current bike well preserved, for they did not make a alternative. Eventually after about 4 years of digging on the internet i found a company called Azor that makes a 72cm frame height bicycle that would fit me correctly. They make about 12 of that model a year, compared to the 15.000 of regular size ones they produce on a yearly basis. My current bicycle is a Batavus, they used to make about 15 of those a year(22 years ago), but stopped producing them entirely since they had to upscale their factories to accomodate 900.000 per year.

[@itsjustpizza]

@@MarijnRoorda Your requested size is exceedingly rare. You would need to go to a custom frame builder. That would be a great experience in it's own and totatlly worthwhile. Hopefully this translates, "buy once, cry once".