Considering building up a PA and was wondering how they size up I’m 5ft 10 but with short legs so was considering a small frame, but how do they size up?

6ft 2″ on a medium here, fits great due to long top tube

E-mail Mike @ Dialled Bikes 🙂

I’m 5 10 and ride a medium with a short stem. sometimes i think I might have been better with a small. Small might have been a bit more chuckable. I use to ride a 16inch inbred which was a little on the small side. Have a try i’d say. If you need to try a med and your round cambridge area your welcome to have a try of mine pa.

6 1 and ride a med

6 1 and medium here too. Really love it, the best fitting bike I’ve ever had.

6 and a bit – medium and 60mm stem. Love it.

I’m 5’9″ and had a medium PA which was too big for me.
Now got a 16″ 456 which is just about perfect.

damn…just ordered a medium PA off of here im 5’9″ so now thinking it could be a wee bit on the big side!!
also riding a 16″ 456 and that fits perfect as its pretty much chuckable.

anyone riding a medium who is around my size think that its ok for thrashing around on?

as im now panicking ive bought a frame that going to be too big to chuck around i’ve just been comparing the specs of the 16″ 456 and the medium PA, not too much difference by the looks of it, only .6 of an inch in the effective TT and everything else pretty much the same, is that really gonna make that much difference..?

<awaits the all knowing stw massive to tell me im wrong and it’ll make a huge difference>

just stick a shorter stem on it

ha yeah only running a 60mm on my 456

You should be OK (assuming you’re of relatively normal proportions). Being 5’8″ myself I was advised by (the massively helpful!) Mike @ Dialled Bikes that both the small and the medium would fit, with the medium being more for normal wheels-on-the-ground XC stuff.

I rode my medium pA for the best part of a year before admitting it was just too big for me.
I had a 60mm stem on it and in-line post and the reach was OK but there was not enough standover for me.
I find the 16″ 456 much better, it’s only slightly shorter in the TT but shorter seat tube and head tube mean it handles far better IME.
Oh, and with more seat post showing on the 456 it’s comfier too.

I have a mate who is around 5’10”, he rides a small PA and he loves it.

I’m 5’11” and had a medium for trail and a small for DH/BSX racing. If you ride mostly trail I would argue that medium would be better. As mentioned above, stick a different stem on, in line post and have a play around to see what suits you.

cheers mildred,

its mostly trail so hoping it should be ok, if not it gets sold on and i keep the 456.

cheers all and soz about the hijack luke ( although it probably helped your question)

6’1″ and ride a perfectly fitting medium.

5’10 here with a Medium and a 70mm stem which fits perfectly.

burchy1 got any pics..?

This was mine just after I’d built it.