MacRetro chat and rides thread

[Mr Panda]

Bike sizing lifted from Edinburgh Bicycle catalogue :

Calculating the correct frame size

You can get a rough idea of the size of frame you require if you measure your inside leg - crotch to floor - then subtract:
9" / 23cm or 10" / 25cm for a road bike (or a mountain bike used as a road bike)


12" / 30cm for an athletically-ridden mountain bike

MTB and Road Bikes are differently sized, dont use mtb knowledge to decide road bike size

That EBC formula doesn't work for me - I use bikes a couple of inches smaller than it would suggest........

 

[RobMac]

Bike sizing lifted from Edinburgh Bicycle catalogue :

Calculating the correct frame size

You can get a rough idea of the size of frame you require if you measure your inside leg - crotch to floor - then subtract:
9" / 23cm or 10" / 25cm for a road bike (or a mountain bike used as a road bike)


12" / 30cm for an athletically-ridden mountain bike

MTB and Road Bikes are differently sized, dont use mtb knowledge to decide road bike size

No really!


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[RobMac]

Jimi, I'm on a 50 and I think it is too small for me, a 54 in a shop fitted me perfectly and I am only an inch taller than you, I think you need to sit on a few to get the feel, very different to mtbs.

Does 'anybody' know how to measure them selves up for a bike on here?

TK straddle your road bike, standing with both feet flat on the ground with your cycling shoes on but not on the seat, whats the gap between your crotch and the top tube?



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[The Ken]

Well ma balls touch the bar but that could be my age, I have about an inch clearance on my perineum, it is a compact geometry frame Rob - I was told that was roughly the equivilent of a 54 non compact.

 

[RobMac]

Well ma balls touch the bar but that could be my age, I have about an inch clearance on my perineum, it is a compact geometry frame Rob - I was told that was roughly the equivilent of a 54 non compact.

I'd have to see for my self to say

 

[big.eck]

Well ma balls touch the bar but that could be my age, I have about an inch clearance on my perineum, it is a compact geometry frame Rob - I was told that was roughly the equivilent of a 54 non compact.

I'd have to see for my self to say

he'll no let you tickle his baws rob 10 man points for trying tho

 

[gmac123]

As we ll know, it's not the height that matter as much as the length

With varying geometry I have a 33" leg and ride a 56 and a 58, get the stem and bars right, the saddle moves back and forward. A bit of adjustment and you'll be comfortable.

GL jimi

 

[The Ken]

I've fixed it for now by putting flat bars on it, much better

 

[Dr S]

Every time I visit MacRetro your always mythering about bloody roadbikes. Jesus, are you all going soft or what?

 

[RobMac]

A bunch of big mincers Si