How tall are you and what size bike do you ride?

6' 0.5" 19-20" mtb and 56cm (sloping tt) to 60cm road bikes

6ft1 19.5-20" inch mtb

57-58cm top tube Road bike.

6'4" – 21" P7, 15" Jack Flash

On the odd occasion i take the Jack Flash on a proper ride my knees take 2 weeks to recover.

6'3"-19-20 mtb last road bike was a large tcr.
Stw seems to be a hiding place for us tall folk 😀

5' 7" and 16" Full Sus, 52cm cyclocross

6'1"

19.5" full suss
20" hardtail

5'11"
XC – 17"
AM – Small (16"?)
DH- Medium
Both AM and DH bikes are Specialized.

It depends on the genre and manufacturer IMO

6ft 3" – large heckler and used to ride a 19" Orange Crush

6ft 2in

58cm road bike equivalent
57cm CX equivalent
19.5inch MTB equivalent

Why is it that road bikes are measured in cms and mtbs stil in inches? Is it because mtbs originated in the US? Road bikes have always been more traditional, but since most came from Europe back in time, and Europe has been decimal for years, that might account for it.

5'6"
Small full Suss'
52cm road

5' 4"

Meduium Juliana
14" On One.

5ft 0 inches

14" 'short frame' 'Orange Diva Pro'.

5' 2"

Possibly <14" hardtail
49cm roadbike.

OP – which bike do you want to go up a size one and why do you think this?

Not sure you can really compare bike sizes in this way as my medium soul is a different size to my medium Spesh.

I'm 5'11" and I ride a large which is a 19 I believe with a 70mm stem.

It's all good. Iused to have exactly the same bike in a 17 and I prefer the 19 with a shorter stem it climbs better and seems a bit less twitchy

6'1"

58cm Road Bike
18inch FS
19inch P7
20inch 456 Ti

5'10" Short legs, long arms.

18" BMC offroad, Used to have 16" on one 456, Medium long Lynskey on road with 120mm stem (bike measuring programme in shop calculated i needed a 54cm seat tube and 58cm top tube as i have monkey arms)

5'8'
Orange 5 16"

6'2"

18" long travel hardtail
16" rigid singlespeed play bike
57cm il pompino

6'3"

19" Cotic
18" Kona
18" Pace
54cm Pompino

5ft 7 with 31" (ish) inside leg

16" seat tube C-T with 22.5" eff top tube and 70mm stem – XC

18" seat tube C-T with 22" eff top tube and 110mm stem – Touring bike

I run my seat with a measurement on 26.5" centre of BB to seat rails.

5ft 2

Small Stumpjumper FSR (just about fit on it)
14" On-One Inbred HT

5' 6"… …16" FSuss and 48cm road bike.

6'0 (just), 17.5" (medium) Soda.

5'5.5"
17" hardtail. The 15" was ridiculous, hired a 15" Kona which nearly destroyed my back. Not all rules fit all people.

5'8"

17" hardtail
54cm road bike
2.5ft wheelbarrow
14.5ft boat
6ft surfboard
65" (water) monoski
1.75m snow skis

6ft 1
18" trance that is on the cusp of being too small 🙁

8ft 17
ride a 13" 39er

5'10"

16" SS, 17" HT, 'medium' 5-spot, 55/56/57cm road traditional, 16" front 11" rear tandem 🙂

Reach is more important anyway.

6'2"

Large – 20"? Dialled Prince Albert with 70mm stem
Large Meta 5.5 again with 70mm stem
Large Yeti ASX with 50mm stem.

First of all WOW what alot of tall people

I'm 6 foot 4, which outside this tread is quite tall. My mountain bikes are 21.5. OK the trek is virtual 21.5, really 20 inch. Both are run with the pin all the way out. I use to be Ok on a 19.5 Trek but I couldn't do that now. I think my old knees need to run less bent

yep wot alot of tall people ! i must be the smallest of people then at 5ft 0 inches ! (good job 'Orange' of 'Halifax' had the best bike ever to fit me !

6'

17.5 inch HT

54cm roadbike.

I'm about 5'8-9" ish with a 29" inside leg, riding a 16" trailstar (quite short TT). Had a 19" rockhopper which felt nice leg-wise but was too long on the TT.

OP – which bike do you want to go up a size one and why do you think this?

Thinking of changing from my 16" BFe to a 17.5" soul or simple, the reason being I want to ditch the commuter so I can go lunch time riding. Plus I find my riding less about razzing and more about gentle riding now mainly due to location.

5'10/5'11 short legs, long back: 17.5 inch Soul, 17 inch Alpine, 55cm LeMond Zurich.

6'6", 24" (custom) hardtail

5' 10.5" (to be precise), with quite long legs and arms, short body. I ride…

"Medium" sized Giant Reign X (equivalent to about a 17.5")
"Medium" sized Maverick Durance (equivalent to about a 17.5" again)
17.5" sized Genesis Altitude
18" sized On One Inbred 29er (wow, what a departure, a whole 1/2" biggerer!!!) 😉

Being "average" height has its advantages, and that's that about 80% of the 2nd hand bikes out there will fit me. And any bike I want to sell usually sells pretty quickly too…

6"5' with 37" leg

22" MTB (29er) – 26" wheels are ridiculous on a bike this size.
60cm Road

5'11"

18 inch 456 with 60mm stem and 140mm forks
"Medium" meta in standard (cracked) trim*

*but hopefully a swish new 2010 beauty on it's way 🙂 🙂