22" steel hardtail frame?

silly lily

Hi!
Does anyone know of a 22" steel hardtail frame....?

nicklouse

silly lily wrote:

Hi!
Does anyone know of a 22" steel hardtail frame....?

Is this for someone who is about 7 foot?

Some makes do have xx large frames. As at any shop. trek do/did a few frames for giants.

silly lily

Well, philosophy aside, my FS is 22" and is perfect. My inbred is 20" and is definitely too small - looks it, too.
Like steel, but can't find any frame above 20.5"....

supersonic

Small in what way? Reach varies massively between stated sizes, need to look at top tube lengths too.

thelonegroover

Have you thought about a 29er, if you find a large 26er too small. But as above, it's the reach that really matters, you can always put the seat up a bit.

Giraffoto

The extra-large in some On-One frames is 21" - is that too different? I'm 6' 4" and find the 21" Scandal a perfect fit with a 90mm stem. There's the Inbred 29er if you're determined to go for steel

silly lily

Ha! We are same hight , then. The Scandal, yes, but do want steel.... may have to be the 29er although I'm not yet sure how I feel about that; must try some.

Also, why is it that aluminium frames come in XL, although steel ones don't?

The Rookie

Volume, the XL is a small percenetage of sales, add in that steel is a small percenetage of all frame sales and you end up with them being uneconomic to build/stock.

silly lily

Yep that does make sense... in any case, I happen to think that the 29er mountain bikes just look plain awful.

Giraffoto

silly lily wrote:

Yep that does make sense... in any case, I happen to think that the 29er mountain bikes just look plain awful.

It's a matter of taste, and bear in mind that you're not looking at your bike when you're climbing hills . . .

The Rookie

I happen to think a 22" 29er looks about right, much like an 18" 26er!

Levi_501

If you can get hold of an Orange R8 in 21, they have a 640-ish ETT.

Mine is fitted with a 130mm stem.

I had difficulty in finding a 'off the peg' steel hard tail; it took a while.

BTW, I am also 6' 4"

silly lily

Finally, thank you, a suggestion for the original question! Will look for one...

stubs

Charge do XL 21" steel frames but I think they have gone 29er only now.

silly lily

Giraffoto wrote:

silly lily wrote:

Yep that does make sense... in any case, I happen to think that the 29er mountain bikes just look plain awful.

It's a matter of taste, . . .

Indeed, which is why I happen to think that the 29er mountain bikes just look plain awful.