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Bike fitting and used bikes
On May 2, 2:16 pm, wrote:
You must be misshapen to be 6'2 and fit on a 56 bike. At 5'11 I'm severely cramped on most 54's. Compact frames suck. It is difficlt and costly to get the bars near saddle height even on large frames. I only buy traditional frames I *thought* that was a mounting peg. woosh |
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Bike fitting and used bikes
On May 2, 1:16*pm, wrote:
You must be misshapen to be 6'2 and fit on a 56 bike. *At 5'11 I'm severely cramped on most 54's. *Compact frames suck. *It is difficlt and costly to get the bars near saddle height even on large frames. *I only buy traditional frames I don't understand what the "problem" is with sizing compact frames. It could only be an issue if you are accustomed to sizing via crotch clearance or seat-tube length, and are unwilling to think about it for two minutes. Size by headtube length... problem solved. And as I showed earlier, there is no sane reason to have sizes in 1cm increments. The reach measurement goes up slowly and generally the headtube length increases pretty dramatically... but they always do so in concert. What if you want the reach of a 54 and the height of a 60? Or vise versa? You are screwed because only a custom frame would have these proportions. If I spec'd my own brand of road bike or frame, I'd have 3 reach measurements and 2 height measurements... ie S,M or L with regular and tall options for headtube length. The would span the typical range of ~52-62cm on normal frames. The reach would increase ~2cm between each size, and the height ~3cm, and with the "tall" option the headtubes would all be 3cm longer. It would be a more functional and universal sizing scheme than what is currently offered. |
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