After a more tame bike for family rides really and was thinking of a hybrid type thing.....
I can get a 58cm or 55 cm bike that looks to fit the budget (discounted)
6ft 1: inside leg 33
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If I'm a large or 20" in the mtb world would a 58cm road bike fit me?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Hard to say, for example it depends on the length of the top tube of the bike in question. There are various "fit calculators" online that do a reasonable job of sizing you up for a frame e.g.
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I'm 6'2" with roughly the same inside leg as you and ride a 58cm roadie.
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I'm 6'1" with a 33 inseam and ride a 58 Spesh Allez. and it feels perfect.
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I'm 6ft with a 34" inside leg and again ride a 58cm road bike - Focus Cayo.
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I am not sure the primary factor in road bike sizing is inside leg measurement tbh but if the bike is only for the odd pootle with the family I guess sizing doesn't really matter too much
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I am 6ft 1" with a 34" inseam and ride a 19"/20" MTB and a 58cm road bike.
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probably is the answer though obviously it depends to some extent on your proportions and the relative top tube length of that specific 58cm frame.
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I am not sure the primary factor in road bike sizing is inside leg measurement tbh
this is true - there are so many things going on on a road bike geometry wise - and you tend to be sat in the same/similar position all the time compared with an mtb where you tend to move around a lot more, so fit is more important on a road bike.
However, top tube lengths are all fairly similar on a per size basis, though there are a few exceptions, so it's worth checking. Changing stem length on a road bike makes a good difference to bike fit and can be played around with very easily.
You will almost undoubtedly spend the first couple of weeks or month tweaking the set up slightly - seat height, bar height, bar angle, stem length, fore-aft seat position, bar-seat relative position etc...
i found though that with my long legs, short torso and long arms I need to go 58 to get the bar height (head tube length jumps considerably between 56 and 58 or medium-large in most ranges).
If it's your first road bike, it's worth spending a bit more and actually getting it from a shop where you can try lots unless you obviously fit into one of the size ranges offered by whatever manufacturer you're looking at.
what are you looking at, btw?
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6ft2 and ride a 56cm trek 1.5, it,s their "comfort" geom rather than race though, so taller head tube for less of a flat back stretch as i like it for riding about rather than full on racing
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bought one of these
in a 61cm as it felt right. That's the best way I suppose
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