Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - break it down for me on the bareknuckle again

I know you people have been over this time and time again. but all of you bare people seem to be TALL
I"m a meer 5'8" with a 30 inch inseam and I feel comfortable standing over a 52 road bike and ride a 52 trek conversion should I go with a 50 or a 52? all thoughts welcome.

50 probably. The Bareknuckle has a really high bottom bracket which makes that seat tube length (measured center to center, btw) feel longer than it is. You need to take a close look at all the geometry specs though before you pull the trigger.

The 50cm has a 53cm toptube, so probably the 50.

and get a short stem

if this will help, standover for the bareknucles's

50cm frame=778mm

52cm frame=800

im 5'10'' and ride a 54. feels like a good fit. i would probably recommend the 52. see if you can throw a set of wheels on one at a local shop that sells them (if there are any)

dont go by stand over its dumb as ut varies from bike to bike go by tt length.

dont go by stand over its dumb as ut varies from bike to bike go by tt length.

but if I can't stand over it, my sore taint might become a broken taint.

if this will help, standover for the bareknucles's

50cm frame=778mm

52cm frame=800

Do you know the standover height for the 48cm? I can't seem to find it anywhere!

but if I can't stand over it, my sore taint might become a broken taint.
How often do you stand over your bike with both feet on the ground? Seriously. Standover for non-trailbikes is overrated.

How often do you stand over your bike with both feet on the ground? Seriously. Standover for non-trailbikes is overrated.

If you want a high BB for clearence AND you want a bike that fits you are going to have to deal with a higher TT.

Standover for non-trailbikes is overrated.

+1

Seems to me that head tube length is far more important, especially for threadless forks/stems that don't offer vertical adjustment like quills do. If the head tube is too short for what your body needs for a comfortable stem/bar set-up, you'll have to use lots of spacers or an ugly high-rise stem to get a proper fit.

If the head tube is too short for what your body needs for a comfortable stem/bar set-up, you'll have to use lots of spacers or an ugly high-rise stem to get a proper fit.


Both of which are far superior to a jacked up quill stem anyway. Also you can just use really big spacers instead of alot of small ones.

Do you know the standover height for the 48cm? I can't seem to find it anywhere!

didn't say standover was the most important, I use tt c-c,st c-c standover and headtube to find out what works for me...... sorry I don't have the standover for the 48, I emailed them for just the 50 and 52...euro-asia very helpful by the way...good company

For ALL Bareknuckle measurements: http://www.businesscycles.com/nessuno.htm

For ALL Bareknuckle measurements: http://www.businesscycles.com/nessuno.htm


********correction:)... "all bareknuckle measurements that are available". half the reason all of this keeps coming up over and over again is due to EAI's refusal to release some more comprehensive geometry specs on the frame.

I bought mine purely on the toptube lenght. I ended up with 54cm bareknuckle. It fits me perfectly but I have little room to spare between me and the bike when standing with both feet on the ground. Standover is about 810 mm i think.

But i do agree with some that standover is a less relevant thing on a roadbike. toptube and headtube are more important things to look for.