How tall are you and what size do you ride?
Cheers,
Yeti
5'10" and ride an 18", but it feels like a smaller frame 'cos the seatpost's always bloody sliding down ....
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Bit under 5ft 9in and 16", fits great.
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Im 6' and had a 16" it was a bit small for anything more than a couple of hours. But good fun.
180cm, ride an 18"
5'10", 16" - same as my ****
5'8" and I have a 16" carbon frame with 70mm stem - it's absolutely spot on for me. It's really comfortable and stable/controllable, if you get what I mean. No pics sorry!
Cheers, I'm 5'10" and they have the one I want available in a 16" (med?) now. 18" are only available to order.
Why, oh ******* why, does 5'10" fall between sizes!
Oh go on then! 😉
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5'8" on a 16in, with a 70mm stem. Perfik!
I'm 6'4" and have the 20. Fits me well. I have quite long legs (36")
i'm 6'4" and ride a 20" fits me perfect and great to ride 🙂 happy days...
5'6" - on a 16" with a 70mm stem.
Feels about right to me.
PP... what's your inside leg measurement?
Looking at geometry etc it seems the major difference is the seat tube length and therefore worried about amount of seatpost sticking out the frame.
At this point I don't think I also need to know which way you dress 😆
5'11''/6ft here.
Used to be a 16 here:
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Now and 18 here:
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I don't really feel alot of difference on the trail, but I don't look quite like of stolen my sons bike anymore.
PP... what's your inside leg measurement?
30", since you asked nicely... 🙂
Cheers PP
scienceofficer - ahem - If you don't mind... what's you inside leg measurement?
(Mr MC posting)
~5'10, ~32" inside leg, 16" 456. Sized on basis of top tube length (I like ~22.5" bikes) which is a more significant measurement to get a bike to fit.
Just provisionally sold the frame, not because theres anything wrong with just because I am a bike tart and the Dialled Alpine thats replacing it is made of pimpier tubing 🙂
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6.00" on an 18" frame
Mr MC, thanks. That garden looks like it's in the Faringdon area.
I'm thinking of easing in a Ti one and your measurements stack up nicely with mine. I generally prefer a smaller bike for throwing around a bit, but also thinking of putting in some miles on this bike.
If you'd asked last week you could have borrowed my 18", but it's now up in Derby at my parents.
I'm 6ft and ride it with a 60mm stem, I'd like to try a 16" with a layback post next year though.
I think you'll be OK on a 16in. They aren't short bikes. I use an inline post too, so a layback will help a lot I think 🙂
😯
Well, 32.5 to 33, by the old 'book tucked up tight' method.
Thats a 410mm thomson on the red 'bred, with not much safe extension left.
On the Ti, its a 410 post too, but it is about 2 inches lower due to creep in that picture. This one is better representative of its true riding height.
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6ft and 18" with in-line post, 80mm stem and Vanilla 130s. Feels about right for the more technical end of the trail riding spectrum. I do have longish legs for my height (~34") though.
I go dirtjumping on my 18" so you'll be fine on either.
Thanks people! Good job everyone doesn't just talk rubbish on the chat forum all day 😯
No, sometimes we talk rubbish in the bike forum as well!
16" 456SS for my 5'7" of tallness.
5'9" on a 16" with 60mm stem and layback post.
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oh and 29er forks for the geometry.
Hey yeti
If you decide to go for 18" and your man enough for military pink colour, i've got a frame i'm looking to sell but haven't got round to listing yet.
Hey, I'm about 5'8-5'9 and mine is an 18in frame 90mm stem, easton vice post. I got that size based on TT length as Brant suggested. I rode a 17in Fisher with a 23.9in TT before the 456 so I just went off of that. After 2 seasons with this bike I'm still happy with it's fit and feel, would like to get a 70mm stem tho...[img] 
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Hope that helps!
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5-9 tall, 16" frame with layback seatpost. Feels great!
5'10" and ride an 18" with 70mm stem. Was worried after ordering that I should've gone for the 16", but it fits great and the seatpost still seems up by the right amount - not a massive amount of difference between the 16 & 18 all said and done.
6'2" on an 18" here.
You need to try both! Just ask. 🙂
(C_G habitual buyer of badly fitting frames)
6'2" on an 18" also, fits perfick.
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5'10 and on a 16" here.
its perfect, as said before ita all about top tube length and mine is spot on, certainly not too small!
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do you lot who are 6ft+ and riding 18" frames have short legs? ive tryed numerous 18" frames and there too small even with the post right out to its limit?
There's a lot of seatpost showing in some of those pics - do you find you start wheelying going up hills?
I'm 5'8" so SHOULD have a 16" but I ended up buying 18" replacement, which felt much better... (70mm stem, 140mm forks)
I think they are generally ok with seatpost out as the design of the frame put enough weight over the front wheel on climbs
5'10, had a 16" first and sold it, replaced with an 18" which felt better, bit longer and bit more stable on downhills. Just sold and replaced with 18" carbon version.
@taka I have 32" inside leg which is pretty normal for a 6'2" human as far as I know, no ones ever said my legs are unusually short anyway...
it might be just me at 6foot 1" with 34" inside leg
C_G - does that mean you have it in both sizes??
5'10.5", 18", 400mm Seatpost (350mm too short). Wouldn't be able to go smaller without compromising XC-capability.
6'1" longish legs (not got a tape handy for measurements though)
18" frame with 410mm layback post, not at the limit, but lots of post out for road riding/spinning saddle height. (90's habits die hard)
Rides great, nice and chuckable on the downs, comfy and good layout for spinning up the climbs.
Went from a 20" Yeti which was good, but felt a little bit big on some tech stuff, steep rock gardens, drop offs etc...
tried a 16" which was ok for a blast about, but too small for all dayer stuff - plus looked liked a was riding a childs bike 🙂
Try both if you can
Why can't I see the other posts??
This frame (SH off here) turned up at 10.30 this morning and was built by 13.00 including 30 min for lunch
6'4" with a 20" frame, 80mm stem and layback post (in XC mode at the moment)
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