Tour bike sizing

peter_andrew
peter_andrew Posts: 373
edited January 2010 in Tour & expedition
Me again :oops:
Have finally choosen my tour bike a Dawes Galaxy tour bike. Evans is price matching another website.
Bike comes in only three sizes 54; 57; 60:
My usual road bike is 54 so is that what i should go for?
Thanks

Peter

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  • Wooliferkins
    Wooliferkins Posts: 2,060
    Get measured. It's worth every penny of the outlay.
    Neil
    Help I'm Being Oppressed
  • pneumatic
    pneumatic Posts: 1,989
    Test ride the bike for more than an hour.

    Think about it:you are going to spend hundreds of hours touring on that machine; you have to know that you are going to be comfortable (or at least as comfortable as you can be when climbing up a steep hill with 4 panniers and a bar bag in the rain, in the dark, after 7 hours on the road already, looking for the campsite that the sign indicated would be 2km out of town.)

    (Scenario based on personal experience and yes, the bike was the least of my worries, because it fitted!)

    Fast and Bulbous
    Peregrinations
    Eddingtons: 80 (Metric); 60 (Imperial)
  • Percy Veere
    Percy Veere Posts: 53
    I have a Super Galaxy, 57cm. I'm 6'1" if this helps.

    Very comfy bike (provided you change the saddle).

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