Please help me with my funky body geometry
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Please help me with my funky body geometry
I am 5’10” with a pant inseam of 30”. I have shorter legs and a longer torso. I am looking at the Sirrus hybrid bike but am unsure what size to get. If I go with my legs I think I’m a medium frame and if I got with my torso I’m a large. Is it more important to size to the seat tube (legs) or top tube (torso)? A medium will fit my legs better but my torso might feel crammed up, and if I go large my torso will fit better but my legs could be dangling off. Which is more important, what is more adjustable- leg or torso geometry, what size frame will suit me better?
Some bike shops won’t let me demo due to Covid so I need your help.
Thank you!!
Some bike shops won’t let me demo due to Covid so I need your help.
Thank you!!
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I would buy the largest that my legs would rightly accomodate. A shorter/longer stem, and different bars will accomodate your torso, if needed. Be careful that you don't buy a bike that is tooo big for you!
Last edited by Wanderer; 05-15-20 at 11:28 AM.
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I am 5’10” with a pant inseam of 30”. I have shorter legs and a longer torso. I am looking at the Sirrus hybrid bike but am unsure what size to get. If I go with my legs I think I’m a medium frame and if I got with my torso I’m a large. Is it more important to size to the seat tube (legs) or top tube (torso)? A medium will fit my legs better but my torso might feel crammed up, and if I go large my torso will fit better but my legs could be dangling off. Which is more important, what is more adjustable- leg or torso geometry, what size frame will suit me better?
Some bike shops won’t let me demo due to Covid so I need your help.
Thank you!!
Some bike shops won’t let me demo due to Covid so I need your help.
Thank you!!
If not, here's how. Stand straight, against a wall, in bare feet, with your feet about a foot apart, and measure from floor to firmly up in your crotch/perineal area (sorry, but that's how it is!). You may need a helper to do this.
That's the measurement you want; that will tell you what your actual cycling 'leg length' or inseam and 'standover clearance' is, and also give you a rough real idea of your relative proportions as between leg length and torso. You might be surprised, but in any event that will give you a better idea/starting point.
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I am 5’10” with a pant inseam of 30”. I have shorter legs and a longer torso. I am looking at the Sirrus hybrid bike but am unsure what size to get. If I go with my legs I think I’m a medium frame and if I got with my torso I’m a large. Is it more important to size to the seat tube (legs) or top tube (torso)? A medium will fit my legs better but my torso might feel crammed up, and if I go large my torso will fit better but my legs could be dangling off. Which is more important, what is more adjustable- leg or torso geometry, what size frame will suit me better?
Some bike shops won’t let me demo due to Covid so I need your help.
Thank you!!
Some bike shops won’t let me demo due to Covid so I need your help.
Thank you!!