Tifosi frame sizing

Cookie87
Cookie87 Posts: 18
edited September 2014 in Road buying advice
Time to replace my commuter and have spied the Tifosi Classico CK5 on sale at Fat Birds... But I'm struggling with sizing! Unfortunately I can't get to any stockist to sit on one.

I'm 6'0" and wear 32" inside leg trousers. Currently commuting on a 58cm Ridgeback Flight from 2008 but my weekend ride is a Giant Defy 2014 in size M/L (geometry at http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-gb/bik ... /#geometry). The L Defy was too big when I sized it up at my LBS.

I'm struggling to compare the geometry on my existing bikes to the Tifosi geometry (at http://www.chickencycles.co.uk/index.ph ... =119&ord=2). I think I'm closer to a L in the Tifosi but the nice guys at Fat Birds recommend an XL albeit acknowledge it's hard to tell without seeing me on one.

Any owners able to offer advice? Or failing that, anyone better able than me to interpret the geometry charts?
Ridgeback Flight T2 2008

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  • keezx
    keezx Posts: 1,322
    edited September 2014
    Compare virtual toptube and headtube.

    IF a Giant M/L is too big for you , then Tifosi M fits best for you, certainly not XL or even L,......even bigger then the Giant..
  • dj58
    dj58 Posts: 2,223
    Your M/L Defy
    TT 560mm
    HT 185mm
    CS 420mm
    WB 1007mm
    HTA 72.5 deg.
    STA 73 deg.

    Tifosi CK5 Classico L
    TT 565mm
    HT 160mm
    CS 420mm
    WB 1014mm
    HTA 73deg.
    STA 73 deg.

    I'd say a large for the Tifosi, though you might need to flip the stem if you want to get the bars to a similar height as your defy, depending on how they are set up on your Defy.

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