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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 02-04-2013 12:48
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What is the fascination with being tall?
I'm only 5'11/6'. Its an awesome height to be. Tall enough to laud over people, but small enough to fit into seats comfortably
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| Daggen |
Posted on 02-04-2013 13:01
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 02-04-2013 13:04
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TheManxMissile wrote:
What is the fascination with being tall?
I'm only 5'11/6'. Its an awesome height to be. Tall enough to laud over people, but small enough to fit into seats comfortably
That won't happen easily here in the Netherlands... Most of my friends(Age 15-17) are bigger than you 
But yeah, 180(Google says 5'11 is 180cm) seems fine
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| MitchNL |
Posted on 02-04-2013 13:08
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Jesleyh wrote:
TheManxMissile wrote:
What is the fascination with being tall?
I'm only 5'11/6'. Its an awesome height to be. Tall enough to laud over people, but small enough to fit into seats comfortably
That won't happen easily here in the Netherlands... Most of my friends(Age 15-17) are bigger than you
But yeah, 180(Google says 5'11 is 180cm) seems fine
I have some classmates who are 15 and 195 cm tall... 
Yep, I'm the shortest of the class with 176. 
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 02-04-2013 13:14
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And i have friends that are 6'7 and 6'8!
My mates brother was 6'5 aged 14!
so what? they are tall. They spend more money on clothes and shoes, are always uncomfortable in lectures, have to eat and drink more which costs more.
It certainly doesn't help with cycling!
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 02-04-2013 13:17
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TheManxMissile wrote:
And i have friends that are 6'7 and 6'8!
My mates brother was 6'5 aged 14!
so what? they are tall. They spend more money on clothes and shoes, are always uncomfortable in lectures, have to eat and drink more which costs more.
It certainly doesn't help with cycling!
I didn't say that it's better to be tall, I was just saying that you would be kind of small if you would have lived in the Netherlands
Edited by Jesleyh on 02-04-2013 13:17
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 02-04-2013 13:20
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I'm 1,92 or a bit taller (about 6'4). Sometimes i wish i was smaller (trains, lecture halls), sometimes i'm happy being taller than most (some sports, being i a crowded place). As long as you aren't extremely small/tall i don't see a reason to complain about one's size.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 02-04-2013 13:22
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felix_29 wrote:
I'm 1,92 or a bit taller (about 6'4). Sometimes i wish i was smaller (trains, lecture halls), sometimes i'm happy being taller than most (some sports, being i a crowded place). As long as you aren't extremely small/tall i don't see a reason to complain about one's size.
Yeah there are benefits with everything. Dwarfs enjoys flights/bus-trips better than me, I enjoy concerts/crowdy places better than them, that's life. |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 02-04-2013 13:30
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I'd say I have hit that point of too tall lol, it was great during high school sports but now its kindof annoying. Then again I can't remember the last time I had to look up to somebody which is cool. Plus I can pretty much do whatever I want because nobody every wanted to mess with me. And I agree public transportation is aweful, and any place down south in the United States. I swear they build everything for short people down there, my head has hit so many ceiling fans and doorway entries it isn't even funny. 
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 02-04-2013 13:32
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@Mre
Just sounds like you need to learn to duck
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 02-04-2013 14:42
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I'm about 6'5 - 6'6
I am very tall for a 15 year old. Plus it doesn't really help with my cycling cause my knees always hurt cause of me growing, STILL. I will I was 6 foot. Short people are so lucky
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 02-04-2013 14:45
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Clearly most Daily users are freaks!
Someone should do a test of your DNA to make sure you are human and not Giraffes
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 02-04-2013 15:04
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I'm 172cm, in my class there is only one shorter guy, and about 5 shorter girls, but yeah, I'm a year younger than the rest because I skipped a year so I guess it's fine.
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| miggi133 |
Posted on 02-04-2013 16:46
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I think I can sympathise more with the taller crowd here... Being 1.88 myself...
I am, what some people think, oversized for Short Distance Sprinting, but hey, who gives a rats A*se?
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 02-04-2013 17:14
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Jakstar22 wrote:
I'm about 6'5 - 6'6
I am very tall for a 15 year old. Plus it doesn't really help with my cycling cause my knees always hurt cause of me growing, STILL. I will I was 6 foot. Short people are so lucky
I'm 5ft 5in and was a really good climber when i was racing, but i prefered to mix it with the bib guys in the sprints
The only downside about being small was that you always got asked your age when yo went to the pub |
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| miggi133 |
Posted on 02-04-2013 17:31
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sutty68 wrote:
Jakstar22 wrote:
I'm about 6'5 - 6'6
I am very tall for a 15 year old. Plus it doesn't really help with my cycling cause my knees always hurt cause of me growing, STILL. I will I was 6 foot. Short people are so lucky
I'm 5ft 5in and was a really good climber when i was racing, but i prefered to mix it with the bib guys in the sprints
The only downside about being small was that you always got asked your age when yo went to the pub
Do you still get asked?
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 02-04-2013 17:44
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miggi133 wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
Jakstar22 wrote:
I'm about 6'5 - 6'6
I am very tall for a 15 year old. Plus it doesn't really help with my cycling cause my knees always hurt cause of me growing, STILL. I will I was 6 foot. Short people are so lucky
I'm 5ft 5in and was a really good climber when i was racing, but i prefered to mix it with the bib guys in the sprints
The only downside about being small was that you always got asked your age when yo went to the pub
Do you still get asked?
No, but i still get the stares now and again |
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| TTspecialist |
Posted on 02-04-2013 18:34
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I started growing half a year ago,so ill probably end up somewhere in 180-185 maximum |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 02-04-2013 18:35
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I stopped growing when I was 15 (I'm now 1,76 m tall)
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| issoisso |
Posted on 02-04-2013 18:47
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I love how there's tons of people here going "Only 1,70m" or "6ft, not tall" when the average adult male height in the EU is 1,74m
Talk about being influenced by the media 
Edited by issoisso on 02-04-2013 18:48
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