Re: how do I find frame size

Eiron said:

Jim said:

Hello.

can someone please tell me how I discover the frame size I need. I am
5'10".

I'm 5'9" and find a 62cm frame a little too high, as is my voice when I
try to get up a kerb. A 56cm frame is a bit small.
This is assuming you want a real bike rather than a "mountain bike".

I'm 6'3" and my 60cm road bike is a perfect fit. So the OP really
needs to try out a few bikes.

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Eiron said:

Jim said:

can someone please tell me how I discover the frame size I need. I am
5'10".

I'm 5'9" and find a 62cm frame a little too high, as is my voice when
I try to get up a kerb. A 56cm frame is a bit small.
This is assuming you want a real bike rather than a "mountain bike".

I'm 6'3" and my 60cm road bike is a perfect fit. So the OP really
needs to try out a few bikes.

I'm 6'2" and over the past forty years have ridden road bikes with frame
sizes between 26.5" (68 cm) and 22" (57.5 cm), and mountain bikes with
frame sizes between 24" (60cm) and 17" (43 cm). All of these bikes have
fit me well; the 26.5" frame was custom built for me. In general the
older the bike, the bigger the frame - it used to be the fashion to have
much less seatpost exposed than is now common. Frame geometries have
changed quite radically over the years and are now more variable than
ever, and there is no longer any simple measurement of a bike which
tells you whether it will fit, even within a single manufacturer's
range. For example, if you fit a 58cm Giant TCR, you'll probably need a
60cm Giant OCR.

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Quoted message said:

Jim said:

Hello.

can someone please tell me how I discover the frame size I need. I am

5'10".

Quoted message said:

I'm 5'9" and find a 62cm frame a little too high, as is my voice when I
try to get up a kerb. A 56cm frame is a bit small.
This is assuming you want a real bike rather than a "mountain bike".

Which highlights the problem.
I'm 5'10 and-a-bit" and find my 56 cm is as big as I'd want to go.

<mental note>Go into garage and check out what makes my mtb not a "proper
bike"</mental note>

<returns from garage> Dunno, looks the same in principle to my road bike
albeit with heavier duty tyres, full suspension and hydraulic disc brakes to
make it more suited to riding on terrain my Cannondale R900 might struggle
with ;-)

Point taken though, many people would be (are) ill served by riding mountain
bikes and pseudo mountain bikes when there are more suitable ones available
for their requirements.
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Peter B said:

<mental note>Go into garage and check out what makes my mtb not a "proper
bike"</mental note>

<returns from garage> Dunno, looks the same in principle to my road bike
albeit with heavier duty tyres, full suspension and hydraulic disc brakes to
make it more suited to riding on terrain my Cannondale R900 might struggle
with ;-)

Smaller frame size because of higher bottom bracket and to give more
stand-over clearance when you need it and to cope with the frame rising
when you unload the suspension?

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