Looking for a hardtail frame for easy xc stuff i am 6ft 5 normal proportions not sur what size frame to go for thinking 21 inch what do you tall guys ride ta
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20-21" would be the std advice, but it also depends on how your bodies shapped, long or short legs?
Also the defactor advice is maybe also check out a 29-er, as they can fit tall buggers a lot better.
xl singular swift.
60cm surly lht
6'4" - 22" kona king, 20" sanderson ss, 21" scandal 29er geared HT.
Scandal 29er makes a lot of sense, looks right and feels fun. Better frames about for more $$ though
6ft 4"
19.5" Swift
21" Big top
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6ft 3" on a 21" On One Scandal 29er
bloody heck, some reet lanky geyts on here in't there?
6' 4"
XL swift
XL Stumpjumper FSR
Had a 20" inbred before the swift, never felt right. The swift does.
6'7" here
21" ScandAL
23" Turner Sultan
27" Cannondale road bike
You'll be reet on a ScandAL - try mine if you're near Bristol.
6'5" XL Heckler and 21" Cove Handjob
6'4:
21" Giant trance FS
20" inbred tourer
18" 456 hack bike
18" patriot66 Big bike.
Looking at getting a 19" cotic soul..
im only 6' 2
so i ride a Scoot
Thanks for the offer tootall but iam in liverpool
i havea salsa bandito at the moment 24 inch which i wil swap the bits over to so dont want to go 29er route does the scandal have v brake bosses maybe time to upgrade to discs
Might be able to help.
I've got a mate (taller than you) with a Kona Kula Delux for sale.
22" from memory with Fox Vanilla R forks.
Let me know if interested and I'll put you in touch as he doesn't post on here yet.
Tim
6'3" and a bit and ride a 16.5" or 17", I've never understood why you need a gate.
6'4" here. I ride a XL Santa Cruz Superlight and a 21" Kona Cinder Cone.
6'4" and ride a 19" Cotic Soda, which feels perfect, but friends say the post looks too long (technically it isn't), and a 22" Niner RIP9, which also seems to fit. Looks a bit of a gate though, even with te wagon wheels.
I'm 6'5" and I ride this 21" maxlight xc120 ...
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or I did, but don't get much of a chance any more so it's for sale (with discs and forks), email me if you are interested 🙂
I'm 6'5 and ride a 21" Orange P7 & a 22" Kona Cindercone.
I'm6'4" and ride a Cannondale Trail SL1 in Large.
schrickvr6 - Member
6'3" and a bit and ride a 16.5" or 17", I've never understood why you need a gate.
To avoid extra long stems, to avoid stacks of spacers or bars 6" below saddle height, to avoid being past maximum extension on the seat frame, which might be quite different to the maximum extension to the seat-post..
6'3" and a bit and ride a 16.5" or 17", I've never understood why you need a gate.
Have you short legs ? or do you ride with a very bent knee position.Im an inch taller than you and just squeeze onto a 20inch frame .Seat height 82cm seat rail to bb centre .A 400mm post is nearly long enough
6'4 and a bit. Ride a L/XL commencal supreme, a DMR drone (normal sized?) and an 18" marin hardtail.
I'll be taking delivery of a 20" OnOne summer season soon to replace the marin. I know it's closer to the correct size of frame for me but i'm a bit worried that i've bought a frame that's too big. Ever since riding a 22" diamondback about 20 years ago that was just horrible I've always rode bikes that were a little on the small side.
6ft3
22" Kona Kula (feels a touch big)
21" Spesh Hardrock
60cm Surly Long Haul Trucker
57cm Kaffenback. A touch small but rideable (and dirt cheap)
This guy's got a Giant Trance with a 46" frame ???? That should be big enough !!!
I would look at 29ers though as they look a better fit on tall people.
Tom ygm
6'5", 35" inside leg
XL Singular Swift
20" inbred
20" Kona
61 cm road bike
60 cm cx bike
6'3" and a bit and ride a 16.5" or 17", I've never understood why you need a gate.Have you short legs ? or do you ride with a very bent knee position.Im an inch taller than you and just squeeze onto a 20inch frame .Seat height 82cm seat rail to bb centre .A 400mm post is nearly long enough
I think its you who has freak legs with that seat height!
well i ended up getting a s/h kinesis xc2 off fleabay 21 1/2 inch fits perfect and rides great
6'2" but 37" inside leg (85cm bb to saddle), XL Cannondale Flash fits perfectly.
59-64cm road bikes depending on the top tube length.
6'3 and a bit. I ride a 19" with a 400mm post and 65mm stem. Just about get away with it. I like a slightly smaller frame, which isn't so easy when you have a 35" inside leg
6'5"
18" Inbred
20" Lava Dome
20" Kilauea
61-63cm in road bikes
Also in the "why ride a gate?" category.
6'4" 20" Kona, 20" On-One, currently on 19" 69 ers. Fixie is 60cm traditional, roadbike is 63cm equivalent sloping custom Roberts.
6ft2
Large singular swift
Large singular pegasus
19" voodoo wanga 69er
19" trek 69er SS
17.5" dialled PA
19" 1997 orange P7
56cm Trek 1.5
58cm Lemond Zurich
6'5"
XL Spesh Enduro FSR Pro 2004
21" Marin Nail trail
6ft 4" body like an orangutang ride a 23" giant for commuting and an inbred 456 20" for knarly stuff. Probably going to go for a singular swift when finances allow and sell the inbred frame.
6'4"
Cube Stereo 20"
Cotic Soul 19" (for sale in New Year)
Kona Jake 62cm
"6'3" and a bit and ride a 16.5" or 17", I've never understood why you need a gate"
Really?
Or do you not ride more 'cross-county-ish elements' as much/as seriously? As in uphill saddle in a 'proper' pedalling position, flat out (still pedally) stuff, much fully saddle up descending? other instances where a fitting frame benefits over one 2/3 sizes too small?
Rather than just very chuckable and jumpable?
Me
6'3 (a short arse on this thread .. )
Large (19"?) Spesh SJer FSR
20" Sanderson
had a 21" Giant XTC
21.5" Trek 4100, used as a commuter/sort of tourer
'Large' (upto 6'1) Pinnacle Camino ..
May have a 19.5" El Guapo on the way
6'4" ride a 19" orange crush and a 17" 224.
Really want a go on a 29er!
6'7" here and all arms and legs
21" Inbred 29er SS
22" Salsa Big Mama FS
23" Spesh Rockhopper 29er HT
24" XXL Fargo
66cm Canyon Roadbike
Old 21" Hardrock, my last remaining 26" bike
6'5
21" Orange P7
22" Kona Condercone
My mate's a giant like you. He rides a Santa Cruz Tallboy
6'6"
Custom 29er hartail
xxl (20") kona coiler dee-lux which will be changed to a custom frame when finances allow.
Customs the way to go unless you want high rise bars, 30 degree stems and stacks of stem spacers!
Only about 6'3" here, ride an XL Singular Swift and Gryphon.
Edric 64 - Member
6'3" and a bit and ride a 16.5" or 17", I've never understood why you need a gate.Have you short legs ? or do you ride with a very bent knee position.Im an inch taller than you and just squeeze onto a 20inch frame .Seat height 82cm seat rail to bb centre .A 400mm post is nearly long enough
16.5 or 17 what? c-c or c-t? To me it's ett length that's important, but even with a saddle height a few cm lower than yours (81cm to top of saddle) I think I'd struggle to get the saddle high enough on such a short ST.
6'5" 35" inside leg trousers
XL Singular Swift - 82cm saddle height (centre BB to top of saddle along the seat tube/post)
20" Inbred (26") - 82cm saddle height
20" Kona - 83cm saddle height
60cm CX bike - 83cm saddle height
61cm road bike - 84cm saddle height
Basically, top tube lengths of 24" - 25"ish for mtbs and 59-60cm for road
clubber - can I have your crank lengths, shoe thicknesses and different pedals for each bike as well? Oh - saddle type too. Just to be proper and complete you understand.
This thread was revived for the OP to tell us what bike he got BTW. He got his answer.
6'4"
20" 456
19.5" 29er
It does depend on body proportion as well. Some people are tall because they have propoprtionately longer legs, some because they are longer in body and legs. I am the latter so the 21" Spesh that I started with was simply too tall for decent standover. Ironically it was the only time I followed usual advice for a newbie and bought from an LBS.
oh 😳
175mm cranks, saddle accounted for in the measurement already, shimano SPDs. Haven't measured shoe thickness but I'm pretty sure that all my road/mtb/winter ones are fairly close and standard 😉
6'4"
20" On One Inbred
XL Transition Bandit
Morning, 6'5", 21" Specialized Rockhopper - with gold handlebars. The bike shop wasn't convinced (by the size) but it suits me fine.
saddle accounted for in the measurement already
Same saddle on all bikes? I bet there are differences in squishyness you've not accounted for. Shame on you. 😡
Actually, no - they're all similar spesh ones except for one which has very similar squish 🙂
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6'3 (35" inside leg) and on a 17" and a 16" frame here too. both are loong (the 16" has the same vtt as a 20" 456), and with a long post its fine. Kona are good for making plus sized frames though. the 16" could do with a 400mm post for road slogs, but the 350 I have now is the right hight (at full extension) for xc
Me neither 😉
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6'4", 36" legs.
21" Orange P7
60cm Orbea road bike
15" Planet-X Jack Flash.
I don't understand how anyone "of height" can get away with a smaller bike and still be able to pedal. I use my Planet-X for a spot of downhill and some street stuff but even just pedalling it for 5 mins makes my knees ache.
6ft 5",
23" Rockhopper HT
Would love a 29er at somepoint soon...
6'6" here, currently own:
XL Scandal 29er - which fits perfectly - I worry a bit about the new one having a shorter chainstay.
XL Meta 55 - which has always been a bit short, I'm sat too far off the back really, good fun though!
61cm Tricross - fits very well.
Previously owned:
Ibis Mojo XL - far too short wheelbase, both off the back, and over the front at the same time somehow.
XL Specialized Pitch - huge looong bike, fit very well, rode a bit too like the Meta so it got sold, in retrospect I should have kept this one really.
XL GT Avalanche - too short, sold it on quick
Has anyone tried an XL Anthem X 29er? Very tempted next year. Although completely different kettle of fish, the Horsethief looks huge too.
6'4"
XL trance, L socom...looking enviously at XL swifts/inbred 29ers....very big wheel curious. Would sell the trance and try an anthem X 29er in XL if I could easily...
(XL anthem x 29ers weren't brought in to the uk in 2011 AFAIK only the 2012 ones are)
Oh, and an XL tricross, but I'm borderline XXL, went smaller as it was a bit comfier for the commute.
"far too short wheelbase, both off the back, and over the front at the same time somehow"
That's a quality I like in a bike. It lets you unweight either end more quickly and with less effort.
Do you guys find it a bit trickier to chuck the bike about when riding a bigger frame? I used to ride a 21" frame (probably the right size for me) and hated it. Great for climbing, not so great at tight twisty stuff, manuals and jumping.
6'6" here.
20 inch Orange 5
20 inch Kona Coiler
20 inch Blue Pig.
To be honest, they're all probably a bit too small for me but I've got used to 'em. The 21" 5 wasn't available when I bought mine but would buy that if I were in the market for a new frame. Nice short reach on all bikes though so all quite flickable.
6ft 4.5
21.5 Trek 8500
21.5 Gary Fisher Tarpon
54 Zesty 514
I wish the zesty was a tad shorter sometimes, could of done with an even bigger size on the Gary Fisher though.
What kudos said. I find long frames too stable in corners and way too cumbersome to rock back and forth when hitting bumps at speed. A shorter, lower bike lets you redistribute weight with lesser fore/aft movements; and pump it much more effectively, as your arms are closer to vertical. A long bike is a bit more comfortable for cranking out longer, non-technical rides, though. But that's what road bikes are for 🙂
6ft 3 (34inch inside leg)
20" heckler (150mm forks)
18" 456
I used to ride a 16" trailstar, so I'm pretty comfortable on smaller frames...
Friend who is 6ft 4 rides a 20" 456.
6'4" (34" inside leg)
20" Cube AMS 130 with high rise bar
I don't understand how anyone "of height" can get away with a smaller bike and still be able to pedal. I use my Planet-X for a spot of downhill and some street stuff but even just pedalling it for 5 mins makes my knees ache.
put the saddle up?
Also bear in mind that it's not just leg/arm length that determines if a bike feels long or short, but that flexibility comes into it too. One person's stretched out is another's short, as they barely need to reach.
6' 4.75"
Large Giant Trance
Long Yeti DJ (with 400mm post 🙂 )
maybe soon a Large Yeti ASR5 too
Surprised by the number of people on XLs, is it not like riding a gate/barn door? I looked at a n XL trance and it was a farm gate.
put the saddle up?
With a 400mm post my small bike is not even vaguely pedallable for any length of time.
I would rather buy a bike that fits. Sure they may look like gates but they fit me but, frankly my dear I don't give a damn.
6ft 7ins
XL Giant XTC
XL Nickel
As discussed....don't care if they look gate like gates (the Giant prob does, the Nickel not at all IMO), it's just nice to have something that fits (unlike cars, tables, chairs, plane seats, blah, blah, blah.
Surprised by the number of people on XLs, is it not like riding a gate/barn door? I looked at a n XL trance and it was a farm gate.
Giants are particularly er... giant...
With a 400mm post my small bike is not even vaguely pedallable for any length of time.I would rather buy a bike that fits. Sure they may look like gates but they fit me but, frankly my dear I don't give a damn.
my bikes fit me too, thanks 🙂
lets say a 350mm post has 270mm 'showing'. if you also assume a saddle gives you an extra 20mm, a 17inch frame and 185mm cranks will give you a 35" saddle-to-pedal height. a 16" frame is an inch less. I personally don't ride xc in such a way that my leg is fully extended, and I believe most fitting guides reccomend a slightly bent leg. A 16" frame, with 350mm post at full extension is thus the perfect size.
That just brings up the length of the bike. I wouldn't want to ride a normal xc bike in 16" size (a quick look at on-one suggests an inbred of this size has a 59cm ett). my 16" frame has a 617mm effective top tube. My 17" frame has a 620mm Your orange has a 620mm effective top tube. I fit 50mm stems on both. Given I'm an inch shorter than you, I find that fits perfectly, thanks 🙂
I'd argue people shouldn't write off shorter seat post frames without understanding the geometry fully.
To add to the stats:
6'4 - 34" legs.
Large SC nomad Mk1
19" Curtis xc100
plenty of comfort
I'm only 6ft 2 but have long freak legs (about 35"). I ride an On One Inbred 21" which fits just about.
6'4" with 34" legs
Giant Anthem XL 22"
Often wondered if Carbon 456 will fit a lanky man like me?
I can ride a 19" frame with a 410mm thomson post (6'6") but for me it's the headtube length. I'd agree some of the xl or xxl frames top tubes are a bit to long (for me) but the trouble is getting the bars high enough without stupid amounts of spacers or 30 degree stems. How people ride on-one's is beyond me, don't they all have 120mm headtubes?
for me it's the headtube length
Exactly. You can adjust the reach and saddle height to a certain extent on a smaller frame (although my older 'Dale in L is right on the limit with a 400mm post) but there's a limit to how high you can get the bars.
6f 5 with 36" inside leg
A 20" zesty and a 19" Cotic Soul which i managed to bend the 400mm seatpost after 4 rides!!
I ride a fairly long stem though - but it seems to work for me 😀
A shorter, lower bike lets you redistribute weight with lesser fore/aft movements; and pump it much more effectively, as your arms are closer to vertical.
We call that bike a 'BMX'.
I don't want to ride a BMX.