Bike size

bikeit65
bikeit65 Posts: 998
edited January 2014 in Road buying advice
My mate is 5ft 10.5ins with and inside leg measurement of 33ins he is looking to buy a Trek road bike what size frame would you recommend,
https://www.instagram.com/seanmcgrathphotography/
Trek Domane SL7 GEN4
Planet X RT58
Cannondale CAAD 10 2012.
Pain.. Is weakness leaving the body.

HATING LIFE-CYCLES FROM 2011

Comments

  • diamonddog
    diamonddog Posts: 3,426
    He really needs to go and sit on them and try some out.
  • bikeit65
    bikeit65 Posts: 998
    He is looking to buy one on Gumtree its a size 58 but i think it will be way too big for him.
    https://www.instagram.com/seanmcgrathphotography/
    Trek Domane SL7 GEN4
    Planet X RT58
    Cannondale CAAD 10 2012.
    Pain.. Is weakness leaving the body.

    HATING LIFE-CYCLES FROM 2011
  • diamonddog
    diamonddog Posts: 3,426
    He could go to a bike shop and try some out as a guide, not very pc but that is retail nowadays.
  • bikeit65
    bikeit65 Posts: 998
    Yea but the nearest Trek dealer is 55 miles away.
    https://www.instagram.com/seanmcgrathphotography/
    Trek Domane SL7 GEN4
    Planet X RT58
    Cannondale CAAD 10 2012.
    Pain.. Is weakness leaving the body.

    HATING LIFE-CYCLES FROM 2011
  • Father Faff
    Father Faff Posts: 1,176
    Frame sizes are highly variable these days but I am 5'11" with a 33" inside leg and no bike I have ever tried and fitted has been more than 56cm (Scott CR1). On a modern Colnago CX Zero or CLX 3.0 I am 54cm or thereabouts. So 58cm is almost certainly too big unless Trek has very funny sizing.
    Commencal Meta 5.5.1
    Scott CR1
  • DiscoBoy
    DiscoBoy Posts: 905
    Bikeit65 wrote:
    He is looking to buy one on Gumtree its a size 58 but i think it will be way too big for him.

    It depends on what geometry, but that definitely sounds too big. He'd be a 54 by most sizing charts, perhaps a 56.
    Red bikes are the fastest.
  • bikeit65
    bikeit65 Posts: 998
    Thanks guys, he finally agrees with me that a 58 is way too big,
    https://www.instagram.com/seanmcgrathphotography/
    Trek Domane SL7 GEN4
    Planet X RT58
    Cannondale CAAD 10 2012.
    Pain.. Is weakness leaving the body.

    HATING LIFE-CYCLES FROM 2011