# The New New Guy Thread. Your first post goes here. Seriously. **URL:** \ **Category:** Bikes\ **Created:** [June 19, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685 "2014-06-19T21:03:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![anon3547885](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@anon3547885](https://tarck.cc/u/anon3547885)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/221 "2014-10-02T16:24:49Z")
I’ve been claiming 5’11" for years based on a height measurement taken just before I went to grad school. Last year I went for a checkup and the measured me…I grew an additional 1.5" since I was 21. I’m 6’1" now. It’s very common for people to misunderestimate or misoverestimate their heights. Alas, my wife’s boobs are about stomach height. ---
**Author:** ![anon3547885](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@anon3547885](https://tarck.cc/u/anon3547885)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/222 "2014-10-02T16:27:48Z")
I am going to ruin this discussion with data ![](http://www.usablestats.com/images/men_women_height_histogram.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![halbritt](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@halbritt](https://tarck.cc/u/halbritt)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/223 "2014-10-02T16:27:44Z")
[quote=aerobear]i like where this is going with the boring talk average height for a male is 5’9 female 5’4 so i would say anywhere within 2 inches of average is pretty damn average.[/quote] Closer to 5’10" in the US: > **[Human height](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height)** > > Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect. It is measured using a stadiometer, usually in centimetres when using the metric system, or feet and inches when using the imperial system. > A particular genetic profile in men called Y haplotype I-M170 is correlated with height. Ecological data shows that as the frequency of this genetic profile increases in the population, the average male height in a country also increa... ---
**Author:** ![Itsmattbb](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/itsmattbb/32/12515_2.png) [@Itsmattbb](https://tarck.cc/u/Itsmattbb)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/224 "2014-10-02T17:07:32Z")
average as fuck cru checking in ---
**Author:** ![euclid](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/euclid/32/37780_2.png) [@euclid](https://tarck.cc/u/euclid)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/225 "2014-10-02T17:26:32Z")
[quote=Ferg]I am going to ruin this discussion with data ![](http://www.usablestats.com/images/men_women_height_histogram.jpg)[/quote] \<3\<3\<3 ---
**Author:** ![halbritt](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@halbritt](https://tarck.cc/u/halbritt)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/226 "2014-10-02T18:39:55Z")
need another dimension on that chart that shows geography coz it certainly varies a great deal. ---
**Author:** ![O.R.L\_Dingleberry](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/a88e57/32.png) [@O.R.L\_Dingleberry](https://tarck.cc/u/O.R.L_Dingleberry)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/227 "2014-10-02T18:42:27Z")
> [@cookietruck](#): > > Can get back to talking about boob hugs? Seriously. New guys don’t know how to keep their threads from going to boring shit AT ALL. ---
**Author:** ![jamey1](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@jamey1](https://tarck.cc/u/jamey1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/228 "2014-10-02T18:53:46Z")
> [@Ferg](#): > > I Alas, my wife’s boobs are about stomach height. At first I understood this very differently than you meant. ---
**Author:** ![Petr5](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/petr5/32/51786_2.png) [@Petr5](https://tarck.cc/u/Petr5)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/229 "2014-10-02T19:58:32Z")
[quote=Ferg]I’ve been claiming 5’11" for years based on a height measurement taken just before I went to grad school. Last year I went for a checkup and the measured me…I grew an additional 1.5" since I was 21. I’m 6’1" now. It’s very common for people to misunderestimate or misoverestimate their heights. Alas, my wife’s boobs are about stomach height.[/quote] Why would you throw out what you know to be true based on one person telling you otherwise? My old job did a biometric screening and everyone measured about two inches short of what they expected. Total shit show of people freaking out about the BMI that resulted. I couldn’t help but laugh at them as the results were recorded anonymously, but where was that going? I think I made point in there. Oh right, you’re probably both wrong at this point. ---
**Author:** ![dfl](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/dfl/32/662_2.png) [@dfl](https://tarck.cc/u/dfl)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/230 "2014-10-02T20:26:23Z")
Yeah, during my annual checkups, my measured height has fluctuated from 5’4" to 5’7", somehow. Every time I measure, I end up with 5’5". Gonna stick with that. ---
**Author:** ![anon3547885](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@anon3547885](https://tarck.cc/u/anon3547885)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/231 "2014-10-02T21:34:42Z")
[quote=Petr5][quote=Ferg]I’ve been claiming 5’11" for years based on a height measurement taken just before I went to grad school. Last year I went for a checkup and the measured me…I grew an additional 1.5" since I was 21. I’m 6’1" now. It’s very common for people to misunderestimate or misoverestimate their heights. Alas, my wife’s boobs are about stomach height.[/quote] Why would you throw out what you know to be true based on one person telling you otherwise? My old job did a biometric screening and everyone measured about two inches short of what they expected. Total shit show of people freaking out about the BMI that resulted. I couldn’t help but laugh at them as the results were recorded anonymously, but where was that going? I think I made point in there. Oh right, you’re probably both wrong at this point.[/quote] I made them measure my height twice because I didn’t believe it. Could their height thing be borked? Yes. But until I hear otherwise I’m 6’1". It’s better than being a 5’11" midget. ---
**Author:** ![Petr5](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/petr5/32/51786_2.png) [@Petr5](https://tarck.cc/u/Petr5)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/232 "2014-10-02T22:37:30Z")
You’ve posted some pics and judging your proportions compared to a quarter in the background Of one of those images, I’d say you’re more like 6’3" with the physique of Tom Brady. Go with it. ---
**Author:** ![O.R.L\_Dingleberry](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/a88e57/32.png) [@O.R.L\_Dingleberry](https://tarck.cc/u/O.R.L_Dingleberry)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/233 "2014-10-03T00:19:04Z")
Quarters measure anywhere from 1/8" to 17" depending on how borked the measurer is so I’d be careful jumping to conclusions. I’d agree with the Tom Brady physique thing though based on my fantasies about Ferg driving me around in a Ferrari. Usually pretty borked by the time that fantasy rolls around though. ---
**Author:** ![russ](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/russ/32/127_2.png) [@russ](https://tarck.cc/u/russ)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/234 "2014-10-03T00:36:26Z")
If only we had doofo’s mom for scale again ---
**Author:** ![O.R.L\_Dingleberry](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/a88e57/32.png) [@O.R.L\_Dingleberry](https://tarck.cc/u/O.R.L_Dingleberry)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/235 "2014-10-03T00:45:20Z")
She’s def on the short guy list. ---
**Author:** ![scrub](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/scrub/32/842_2.png) [@scrub](https://tarck.cc/u/scrub)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/236 "2014-10-03T02:00:33Z")
> [@Lowrey'sOrgan](#): > > If only we had doofo’s mom for scale again This made me chuckle. Out loud. ---
**Author:** ![euclid](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/euclid/32/37780_2.png) [@euclid](https://tarck.cc/u/euclid)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/237 "2014-10-03T02:37:05Z")
jesus, you’re all still talking about how tall you are? ---
**Author:** ![GrandmaJordan](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/67e7ee/32.png) [@GrandmaJordan](https://tarck.cc/u/GrandmaJordan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/238 "2014-10-03T03:33:20Z")
Post height or gtfo. ---
**Author:** ![Bearpants](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/bearpants/32/705_2.png) [@Bearpants](https://tarck.cc/u/Bearpants)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 11:20am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/239 "2014-10-03T11:20:27Z")
178cm right here. As for dudes or dudettes hight on a cycling forum, does sex matter here? We’re talking about relevant frame sizing (and boob hugs) right? An average lady is still on a tiny bike right? ---
**Author:** ![randsome\_beast](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a5b964/32.png) [@randsome\_beast](https://tarck.cc/u/randsome_beast)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685/240 "2014-10-03T14:56:00Z")
Shit Ferg! No way you’re stuffing yourself into Italian sportscars at that height. Better off sticking to fopmobiles. [Previous page](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685.md?page=11) [Next page](https://tarck.cc/t/the-new-new-guy-thread-your-first-post-goes-here-seriously/20685.md?page=13)