Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Here's one way:
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:rivendellbicycles.combikes framesize.htmlOpen ↗
Quoted message said:Okay. You have to know your saddle height. If you know your saddle height,
read the >chart below. If you don't know your saddle height, take off your shoes, stand on a hard
Quoted message said:surface with your feet 10-inches apart, and measure between your legs (the tape measure >should be
right in the middle) from the floor to your pubic bone. Not your genitals. Hit the >bone. Figure out
how to do this using a thin, hardcover book and a metal tape.
Quoted message said:Your floor-to-pubic bone measurement is your pubic bone height.
Quoted message said:example: If you are 5 feet 9 1/2, your pubic bone might be 85cm. Your
saddle height will >be about 75cm.
Quoted message said:Once you've determined your saddle height, you have a simple subtraction to
determine a >good frame size. "A good frame size" doesn't mean it's the only size for you. The whole
Quoted message said:purpose of sizing is too give you a comfortable riding position, and for most people that >means
getting the bars level with, or within a couple centimeters, of the saddle height. The >lower the
number you subtract, the higher the bars can be. In France or England in the
Quoted message said:'40s, you'd subtract about 15cm. In the case above, that would have that
5-foot 9 1/2 >inch rider on a 60cm frame.
They were doing great Right up to the part where they tell you how to measure your pubic bone
height. wall, book, tape, to easy Then they go straight from that to talking about saddle height,
without saying anything about how to work out your saddle height from your pubic bone height. Did l
miss something?? or do you just take off 10cm like in there example? thanks stuart
