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[email protected]>, Brian
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[email protected]') wrote:
> Since I'm still shopping around for my hardtail I thought I'd try
> another local bike shop.
>
> He advised that I go for a 19" frame.
>
> However this conflicts with what I was advised in another shop who
> advised a 22" frame.
Was the 22" bigger or smaller than the 19"? I'm serious. In mountain
bikes, with sloping top tubes, it is not possible to directly compare
sizes from one range to another. A bigger bike with a more sloping top
tube will have a smaller seatpost length, and that's what the 19" and
22" measures. So they could easily both be right.
> I'm 6'2, 34" inside leg measured from crotch to floor.
>
> Kind of unsure what size of bike to go for now.
One that fits.
To establish whether a bike fits, adjust the saddle so that, sitting on
it, you can get your heel on the pedal with your leg completely
straight. Now, sitting on the saddle, put your hands on the bars. Do
they feel a comfortable distance away? If so, the bike fits. If not, it
doesn't. More or less and with some detail tweaks but that's good
enough until you're more experienced.
Ignore inch sizes, they are just confusing you.
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