Originally Posted by
Gaseghi
I checked it again and the stand-over was more like 3cm, or 1.15 inches. Still too much?
1 inch is not "too much".
The problem isn't "too much" standover clearance; it's "too little".
You need to have some stand-over height (clearance between your pubis bone and the top-tube.
That is, if you have some clearance, then look at things like the top-tube length (and ignore the stand-over height).
Originally Posted by
Gaseghi
The top tube slopes downwards so I got confused. Hm..
The stand-over height is measured at the middle of the top-tube. In my opinion, you want to pay attention to the clearance of the front half of the tube (really, about the quarter that starts at the mid-point going forward. (You don't have to worry about the clearance near the seat tube or near the head tube.)