Originally Posted by
Charles Wahl
I noticed that too. It seem to me that the standard texts/formulas/charts for this sort of thing convince people (us) that they need to be riding a smaller frame than many of them are really comfortable with, especially as we age, get less flexible, want bars higher, and also ride with the idea of seeing something, rather than going somewhere fast. I know that's what happened to me.
Also, there is the selection process, itself. That is, when you go to look at a bike, you know right away if the bike is too big. But if it's a size or two small, and you want that bike, there is more of a tendency to decide you can ride it. And, it is virtually impossible to tweak a big bike to make it "smaller." However, it is possible to increase the cockpit size of a small bike. Sometimes it works, even well, sometimes it doesn't.
BTW, I posted three frames on the trading forum. We'll see what happens.