Originally Posted by krazygluon

Thanks for the advice so far, but I think it's raised a few questions.

1 When looking at bikes outside of bike shops (i.e. Pawn shops yard sales, etc), is there a good way to distinguish Al from steel frames? USE A MAGNET TO TEST THE FRAME.

2 I think my grandmother may have a few road bikes in storage somewhere, they were my aunts/uncles, if the frame fits, other than laughter are there any consequnces for a dude riding a women's bike?
HECK NO,MATE. IF YOU FIND A GOOD 'GIRLS' BIKE AND YOU LIKE IT.......RIDE IT. WOMEN SELDOM
WEAR DRESSES TO RIDE ANYMORE. IN EUROPE THE "GIRLS" BIKE IS MORE POPULAR BECAUSE IT
CAN BE USED BY MORE PEOPLE.

3 I did the inseam measurement mentioned on the nashbar website and got a final result of 54cm being the correct frame size for me? Being 6' tall, I figured either I'm short legged or something's fishy with my measurement. IF YOUR INSEAM IS 29" OR 30" YOU CAN RIDE A 19IN. OR 20IN. FRAME.