How tall are you and what size frame do you have?

Gabbo
Gabbo Posts: 864
edited October 2014 in Road general
I'm about 6'1 and use a 58cm Tarmac.

Looking to purchase a 56cm Supersix Evo or Scott Foil if it feels right. The Tarmac feels too lengthy, as I am mostly legs and little torso.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    6'1" with a 58cm Focus.
    Looking to squeeze onto something smaller and (even) sexier next time.
  • bobbydazzla
    bobbydazzla Posts: 289
    Slightly over 6ft with a 34" inseam and a size 58 Specialized frame. Got a 58 Canyon on order.
  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    bobbydazzla wrote:
    Slightly over 6ft with a 34" inseam and a size 58 Specialized frame. Got a 58 Canyon on order.

    5'9" and 54cm Felt
    Living MY dream.
  • Bozman
    Bozman Posts: 2,518
    5'10", a Medium Look(53) and a small Izalco(TT 53.7)
  • TakeTurns
    TakeTurns Posts: 1,075
    Check out the geometry info on Cannondales website, very informative.

    I'm after a Supersix Evo HM, but only the frame! Impossible to find.

    56459_1_SuperSize.jpg

    *beslubbering*
  • Marcryan206
    Marcryan206 Posts: 116
    I'm 6ft4 and I'm on 61Xl giant defy! Fits perfect.
  • wavefront
    wavefront Posts: 397
    6ft, and have a Cannondale 56cm frame.

    After an excellent bike fit yesterday it now fits like a glove!
  • thefd
    thefd Posts: 1,021
    Weird one this one. I'm 5'10" and ride a 56cm Tarmac. But I've just bought a R872 and I've gone for a 50cm version. Their sizes seem, at first glance very different R872_Geometry.jpg
    2017 - Caadx
    2016 - Cervelo R3
    2013 - R872
    2010 - Spesh Tarmac
  • typekitty
    typekitty Posts: 188
    TheFD wrote:
    Weird one this one. I'm 5'10" and ride a 56cm Tarmac. But I've just bought a R872 and I've gone for a 50cm version. Their sizes seem, at first glance very different

    I'm 5'10 (long legs, average torso) and was always on a 56cm frame. Now on a 51cm and it fits like a glove. Seat is right up but!
  • slowmart
    slowmart Posts: 4,516
    5'8 and a 54" Specialized. :D
    “Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”

    Desmond Tutu
  • Pituophis
    Pituophis Posts: 1,025
    5' 6" short ars*e with stumpy legs, so a 49cm Ribble which fits a treat. :oops:
    The sizing is nothing like the Ribble chart above, as the frame geometry is different to the R872.
  • doublem_1
    doublem_1 Posts: 266
    5'3'' - 50cm - Vitus.
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    I'm 5'5" and ride a 52cm spesh and a 48cm de rosa.
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • atakd
    atakd Posts: 42
    5''7" and ride a 54cm Roubaix. Now need a 52cm but I bought it when my gut stopped me reaching the bars on the smaller frame. I now ride the 54 on the drops 90% of the time.
  • 964cup
    964cup Posts: 1,362
    6'1", 34" inside leg (cycling measure floor to crotch, not trouser seam), 56cm Mekk Poggio 2.5 roadie but 61cm Specialized Sirrus Pro commuter. Both seem to work well, although I'm beginning to think I could use more stretch on the Mekk. Will have a bike fit before buying a "proper" bike for the summer.
  • edhornby
    edhornby Posts: 1,780
    I'm 180cm tall

    my dolan commuter is a 55cm top tube and it;s spot on - my summer special is a vitus with an effective tt of 54cm and it;s a little on the small side so I have a 120mm stem on it, no big deal
    "I get paid to make other people suffer on my wheel, how good is that"
    --Jens Voight
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    5' 7" and ride 52/53 frames.
  • nolight
    nolight Posts: 261
    5'9" 52cm frame
  • Calpol
    Calpol Posts: 1,039
    183cm riding Wilier XL
  • exlaser
    exlaser Posts: 268
    i am 5' 10" and 32" inside leg. i ride a 56cm van nicholas ventus and a med giant tcr both with 100mm stems.

    the effective top tube on both bikes is 55cm.
    Van Nicholas Ventus
    Rose Xeon RS
  • itsnotarace
    itsnotarace Posts: 518
    TakeTurns wrote:
    I'm after a Supersix Evo HM, but only the frame! Impossible to find.

    56459_1_SuperSize.jpg
    Not impossible if you know where to look

    http://www.thebikeshop.de/epages/623034 ... /CAX3SSCRB

    http://www.thebikeshop.de/epages/623034 ... SSUSA-0005
  • itsnotarace
    itsnotarace Posts: 518
    172cm and 52cm Cannondales
  • letap73
    letap73 Posts: 1,608
    itsnotarace wrote:
    TakeTurns wrote:
    I'm after a Supersix Evo HM, but only the frame! Impossible to find.

    56459_1_SuperSize.jpg
    Not impossible if you know where to look

    http://www.thebikeshop.de/epages/623034 ... /CAX3SSCRB

    http://www.thebikeshop.de/epages/623034 ... SSUSA-0005

    Or even last years model - where all evo frames were the same hi-mod frame, (this year there are three different frames):
    http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... 65s25p5133
  • mikeabanks
    mikeabanks Posts: 116
    6'2" with 35" inseam and have a 58cm Trek Pilot with a lot of seat post showing.
    Just got a Focus Cato evo in xl with a bike fit.
  • Grill
    Grill Posts: 5,610
    5'11" w/ 32" inseam and all my bikes are M or 54. Top tubes range from 53cm to 55cm.
    English Cycles V3 | Cervelo P5 | Cervelo T4 | Trek Domane Koppenberg
  • YIMan
    YIMan Posts: 576
    6'4" with 35" inseam. I have a 60cm CX bike and a 20" MTB. I seem to struggle with sizing because with large frames the reach is often too much for me (unflexible with long legs and relatively shorter torso). I often end up putting much shorter stems on my bikes in order to feel comfortable.

    I should probably go for one size smaller in bikes and accept having a lot of seatpost showing.
  • canny_lad
    canny_lad Posts: 329
    5' 9" with 32" inside leg. Had a bike fit and they stuck me on a 56cm Scott. Had to have a shorter stem but fits a treat.
  • Ginjafro
    Ginjafro Posts: 572
    5'7" with a small (537mm effective TT) PX RT-57 which fits just right, with 20mm layback and 100mm stem. My previous PX SL Pro Carbon was a medium (547mm effective TT) and was okay at first but became more uncomfortable in reach after two or three years, I swear I have shrunk a little. Apart from getting the right size frame I found SRAM controls and short reach/short drop bars make a world of difference for my size and small hands.
    Giant XTC Pro-Carbon
    Cove Hustler
    Planet X Pro-Carbon
  • lotus49
    lotus49 Posts: 763
    189cm tall, 87.5cm inside leg and a 58.5cm compact frame.
  • AFF40N
    AFF40N Posts: 33
    5'10" with a 30" inseam. Riding a 54cm Cannondale Supersix and a medium Boardman Road Comp.
    Easily moving from one to the other

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