Compact frame sizing????? Confused!!!!!!

Damo66
Damo66 Posts: 59
edited May 2010 in Road beginners
Hi All...

Am looking at a Trek 1000 C (compact frame). The frame size is 50cm and what I need to know is if this bike will be the right size. I'm 5' 10" with a 30" inside leg.

Thanks in advance

Damien

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  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    What's the top tube length?
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  • Damo66
    Damo66 Posts: 59
    Not sure...its a bike I'm looking at on ebay
  • Damo66
    Damo66 Posts: 59
    Approx 52 cm apparentley
  • Lillywhite
    Lillywhite Posts: 742
    Damo66 wrote:
    Approx 52 cm apparentley
    I would suggest it may be too small for you.
  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    +1

    Probably too small.
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  • Damo66
    Damo66 Posts: 59
    As I suspected...
    Thanks guys
  • Rodpoustie
    Rodpoustie Posts: 1
    I ride the same bike around the Southampton area and would say it would probably do fine, I'm 5'11" and there is still adjustment left. The compact frame means that the bar is lower but the geometry to ride it is fine.
  • Lillywhite
    Lillywhite Posts: 742
    Rodpoustie wrote:
    I'm 5'11" and there is still adjustment left.

    :shock: Any chance you could post a photo of you sitting on your bike?
  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    Probably looks a little like.... img0123q.jpg

    NB: THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT MY BIKE
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  • soveda
    soveda Posts: 306
    I'm 6ft1" and I ride a 50cm compact frame (it's a Giant though):
    p1010124n.jpg

    So I don't know whether "the compactness" is equivalent.
  • The Spiderman
    The Spiderman Posts: 5,625
    I`m 6ft and have a 2006 Trek 1200 which is fundamentally the same frame.
    Tried a Trek 1000 in 56 and it felt a bit small and found the 1200 in a 58.My ideal is proably between the 2,but I have longish legs and found the 58 with a shorter stem worked better for me than the 56.Having a talller headtube on the 58 saves my back!
    50 is tiny,but might be OK if you are 5ft!
    2006 Giant XTC
    2010 Giant Defy Advanced
    2016 Boardman Pro 29er
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  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    I think the 'C' stands for compact so unless you have a 1200C then the sizing will be different.
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