I've been pretty sure that a 16" would be about right but would like thoughts on this.. would a 14" be TOO small?
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5'8... what size 456?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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16"
I am 5'8 with a 32 inside leg I ride an 18" Scandal fine for the riding I do, but is was going to a 456 I would opt for the 16" as the smaller size would suit the lobbing around a 456 is meant for, 14" is a really tiny bike.
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16" here too, on Inbreds and 456, they're long. Get a long seatpost. I'm 5'7 and a bit.
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Aye 16" ... I'm 5'7" and have a 16" GF is 5'5" and has a 14".
I can ride hers but it needs a very long seat post.
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16in, you're slap bang in the middle of the range for a 16in frame.
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Had the same dilemma before getting an Inbred recently. I'm about 5'8 1/2" & am convinced I should have had an 18". I seem to be running a lot of seat-post, & (to me) it feels cramped even with a 90mm stem on.
Going to try my mates 18", but I'm erring towards swapping it.
A small (16" ?), Cotic Soul was too small also, despite 5'8" being the upper end of its range.
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I built up a 14" 456 Summer Season "for my girlfriend"
I can ride it with a 400mm seatpost but only just. I am a shade under 5'8. I was planning to use it for jumpy stuff so for general usage I reckon a 16" would be perfect.
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My Hubby is about 5'8" and I'm about 5'4" - I've got a 14" which he's had a go on - his 16" fits him much better.
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MOST DEFFO YOU NEED A 16" IMO
damn caps lock...soz.
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I have two 16s and a 14, the 14 belongs to Mrs mbs and is definitely on the small side for me.
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takisawa - That green one looks perfectly set up to me, try a layback seat post, but you must like a long, low position, which isn't really what a 456 is about.....
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takisawa are you sure youre 5'8"?! I am 5'10 and after a what-size-456 thread got a 16" frame. I seem to have less seatpost showing than you and have a similar length stem (well, 80mm).
5'8 is slap bang in the middle of the size range for a 16", 5'10" is at the top end. I like small bikes (I am at the top end of my medium Nomad) but I would have thought an 18" would have been way too big for 5'8".
This is my set up for visual comparison with takisawas (hawked in a few threads but for good reason!)
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