Chris, welcome. Six nine, no wonder you are frustrated. The industry
doesn't make many off-the-shelf bikes for you. But you can probably
put something together for $1,000, but my advice is go with used
components (can't get that much for $1,000 new) and experiment. We
tall guys often have more bike fitting problems with long legs, long
arms, more weight, etc. I bet a 64cm might be on the small size, but
if you can find one to try do it.

You might be more in the 66-67cm size, it depends on your inseam. I
would definitely measure then compare to the standover heights of
frames. There isn't any hard rule that says your inseam needs to be x
inches taller than the frame, but obviously you need to be taller and
not many inches too tall.

Sometimes you can pick up tall frames, or complete bikes, on eBay but
my experience is they are mostly 20 year old steel Japanese-made.
Which might be OK, but not the best components. What I've done is get
a big steel frame and have it stripped and powdercoated. Then you can
have someone throw on some decent, but not expensive, components such
as 9-speed Shimano Ultegra. Ride it a while, learn what works then
you might feel better paying for something custom or just more right
for you...Rusty

if you go to www.tallrides.com on my Links page there are some links
to companies that make taller frames & bikes. you might look at the
Soma Smoothie ES frame. they make them up to 66cm. and check out a
recent post about the 68cm Cycles Valhalla 2XLT.