Sure, I'll measure it for you tonight - but as I recall the official figures were spot on.
If you check out the Banshee Forum on MTBR, there's loads of size questions posted up there. It would be worth scanning through a few of the Spitfire threads for some sizing info:
http://forums.mtbr.com/forumdisplay.php?f=155
I spotted one of the Brethren on Saturday!It was a grey one on the back of a car in the Kirroughtree car park.
It's the first one I've seen in the wild
that was me! that makes two of us then.
twas a cracking day at kirroughtree, really felt like the spitty was built for that type of trail.
dlr - checked the effective top tube for you, 23" exactly as it's supposed to be. So now you can be confident that the quoted figures are actual figures.
Hi, thanks for that. Ive been through the mtbr forum before, quite a lot in there heh. The large is what I would need for the seat tube but the reach is just to long, Rune is an option but I dont really need/want that much rear travel
I am 6ft and ride a large Spit with a 70mm stem. The top tube does look long but when riding it feels perfect to me. The long/low set up makes the frame ride like a mini downhill bike on descents and the low bottom bracket is nuts through corners. This is not a mass produced bike to suit the masses though, it's quite specialised and will not suit all riders. Like all the Mythic bikes, it really works best when being ridden very aggressively and hard.
I'm 6'3", ride a Large with a 50mm stem. I bought a Thomson 410mm post, the 350mm that came with the frame was pretty much useless. dlr you could probably go for a medium with a longer post.
Im 6'3 as well but long legs hence why I would need the large to get full extension for normal pedalling but my worry is that the bike will feel too long in relation to my shorter upper body especially when dropping off things which is where I struggle at the moment. I think freeborn only have a medium built up but may see if thats changed and they have a large as they are only 30 miles from me. From what ive read it certainly sounds like what im after riding wise though, ie dh singletrack caining
You should be good on a Large, I have pretty long legs and it is the best-balanced bike I have had. The boy who designed it is around the same height and rides the Large.
