MTB vs Road Bike sizing

grahamcp
grahamcp Posts: 323
edited May 2007 in Workshop
MTB frame sizes always seem to be measured in inches, road bikes in cm (no idea why).

Is there any correlation between the two? Say I have a 60cm road frame, what would this equate to for an mtb?

A straight conversion - 60cm is about 23 inches, which seems on the very large side.

Cheers,
Graham.

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  • maddog_2cp
    maddog_2cp Posts: 73
    Depending on the type of MTB, you'd need a pretty large one.

    MTB tend to be measured based on the effective TT length (ETT), and for a six-footer you'd need at least 23 inches. Remember the stem length is much shorter than on mtb bikes.

    I'm 5'10" and I run a 23.5" ETT with 9cm stem.

    Have a look at the On One Inbred bikes as they run nice long TTs.

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