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Yao Ming shopping for a bicycle

There's an article on him in this month's Bicycling magazine with that picture.

Supposedly, the first thing he asked for when he signed for the Rockets in 2002 was a bike. They gave him a 31 inch Gunnar rockhound with 29 inch wheels.

Gunnar owner Richard Schwinn joked that the bike helps offset the U.S trade deficit: "We're probably the only American bike company who can say we've sent a bike to China"
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Originally posted by: saltedeggman
The bike has 2 downtubes... i would think that is for increasing the stiffness since the bike is huge
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You are correct. This is not uncommon on very large bikes, which are prone to being jittery at high speeds because of frame flex/vibration.

Although I prefer steel for most applications, I have to question the wisdom of building an MTB for a 7'6" man out of steel - this thing must be incredibly heavy.
 
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