I'm a lanky 5'11. My main rides are a 59cm Motobecane and a 21" Cannondale MTB. Both have copious amount of seatpost showing (Over 8" - had to change to a longer seatpost on the Moto just to get that precious extra inch.) The top tube on the Moto leaves me feeling a bit too stretched out. (Don't have the measurement handy, and the 1984 Catalog page doesn't give top tube length).

I found a 1980 Centurion Super LeMans frame at the scrap yard the other weekend. Best I can figure is its a 62cm. With 27 x 1 1/4 Pasela TG's installed theres maybe a cm of clearance between me and the top tube when standing over it. (Measured standover height around 35 inches). The top tube is however several cm shorter than the Moto's.

I'm excited to build up this new frame to see how it fits me. I'm thinking the larger frame might allow me to use the "Fist full of seat post" rule and actually have it work.