I passed this bike on the street the other day.
I think I know who made it. I've seen them hanging out on the street with their crazy choppers. Sometimes they even ride them.
Making a bicycle like this takes guts, persistence, and love, because: how could you make a bicycle like this, and not expect to ride it?
I don't spend any time at all with the Black Label bicycle club. I don't talk to them on the street, even when they admire my girlfriend's pit bulls. But I like what they make.
Selected mad bicycles: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Wikipedia article on tall bikes.
Documentary on Black Label