Road Bike Sizing Long Legs Short Torso
3 don t run a super wide bar it eats up your precious reach.
Road bike sizing long legs short torso. The ratio of overall height to cycling inseam is the thing to compare like mine a 169 83 is 2 04 while yours would be 2 25. With my current saddle height stem 115 mm 8 degrees. Having a long torso w short limbs my main sizing suggestions are. I was going to try to stay out of this esp.
I m about an inch shorter than the op. Be sure that you re quoting cycling inseam not pants inseam. 53 cm frame size center to top. One could consider a shorter top tube but this would also tend to come with a.
Since i m opposite end of spectrum short legs long torso but i will say this. Sorry for all these long legged people but this is the worst case for achieving an optimum bike fit. Don t dismiss a bike because it s not a 54. 1 good bike maker for long leg short torso 2 any online resource where i can enter my measurements and it will recommend a bike.
If you have long legs and short torso you need to buy a bike with a relatively short top tube. 1 running as steep an effective seat tube angle saddle position in relation to bb as you can handle. And 4 pray for longer arms. 67 50 cm saddle height.
You ve got a long torso and i m an example of short torso being an inch shorter 169cm with a 32 5 8 or 83cm cycling inseam. Forgot to mention merida ride series carbon if you re in the uk. Ett 548 mm sta 74 hta 71 4 tall head tube 206 mm saddle to bar drop is approx 10 2 cm. For reference i ride a 17 mountain bike 44cm and it feels like its a part of me.
Ws recommended road sizes frame size center to center. Long legs imply a short torso so the reach to the bars becomes excessive. 71 77 cm handlebar width. You might even think about sizing up on an endurance style frame or at least not be stuck on the idea that you need a 54.
2 don t size up and run a slightly longer stem than is fashionable. Shorter effective seat tube lengths and low stand over feels more confidence inspiring too. Any others with long legs short torso experience this dilema. Height inseam 187 93 cm.
Look for long reach high stack steep seat tube. I have long legs and a short torso. I made the move to a road bike and purchased a scott s20. I think it can be mitigated by.
540 170 550 190 565 215 though the bb drop is only 65mm. Long legs normal arms a bit short torso bike. The dealer insisted that i needed a large frame 56cm. He stated that because i have a long torso the longer top tube was more important then the seat tube measurement.
The long legs will mean a high saddle so the bars become relatively far away. 538mm 165mm 550mm 180mm 565 200mm edit.