Survey: What's Your Height & Frame Size?
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Survey: What's Your Height & Frame Size?
Trying to gather some statistics on the range of frame sizes people ride.
Simple questions...
1. How tall are you?
2. How big a road bike frame do you ride? *
* For traditional (level top tube) frames, the seat tube length
* For sloping top tube frames, the top tube length
I'll start:
1. 5'11"
2. 56 cm
Edit: here's the data as of April 19, with 137 entries...
![](https://www.udctours.com/imgs/framevheight.gif)
The scatter around the trendline is fairly tight, with a +/- of about 2 cm about the norm.
The trend line formula is:
Frame size (cm) = 0.99 * Rider Height (in) - 13.91
Plugging in my height of 71" gives a frame size of 56.4. Since I ride a 56, it looks like the prediction works for me. How about you?
Simple questions...
1. How tall are you?
2. How big a road bike frame do you ride? *
* For traditional (level top tube) frames, the seat tube length
* For sloping top tube frames, the top tube length
I'll start:
1. 5'11"
2. 56 cm
Edit: here's the data as of April 19, with 137 entries...
![](https://www.udctours.com/imgs/framevheight.gif)
The scatter around the trendline is fairly tight, with a +/- of about 2 cm about the norm.
The trend line formula is:
Frame size (cm) = 0.99 * Rider Height (in) - 13.91
Plugging in my height of 71" gives a frame size of 56.4. Since I ride a 56, it looks like the prediction works for me. How about you?
Last edited by terrymorse; 04-19-09 at 03:00 PM. Reason: adding results chart
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1. 5'9"
2. 54.8cm (07 Roubaix, 54cm frame)
2. 54.8cm (07 Roubaix, 54cm frame)
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1. 5'5"
2. Flat tube - 50cm, tt = 52cm, Sloped - tt = 52.6 to 53 (depends on which bike)
2. Flat tube - 50cm, tt = 52cm, Sloped - tt = 52.6 to 53 (depends on which bike)
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56cm
I've been fitted twice and it was 56 seat tube and 56 cm top tube both times
56cm
I've been fitted twice and it was 56 seat tube and 56 cm top tube both times
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Different manufacturers measure their frames differently. All my bikes have sloping top tubes, except my old 21" Nishiki -- which is a bit big for me.
So: 5' 4" = 74cm leg
My Marinoni Ciclo: 47ST 54TT
My Marinoni Sportivo: 47ST 53TT
My Riv Bleriot (650b): 49ST 52TT
BTW, TT measurements are "virtual."
So: 5' 4" = 74cm leg
My Marinoni Ciclo: 47ST 54TT
My Marinoni Sportivo: 47ST 53TT
My Riv Bleriot (650b): 49ST 52TT
BTW, TT measurements are "virtual."
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5'10"
54 cm
54 cm
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