Originally Posted by
discocarp
Paipo, what inseam is that? Is that your pants inseam or measured with the book-in-the-crotch method (which is how I measured my 81cm, my pants inseam is 29")? I can't figure out why you would have enough standover room on the 20" model and I wouldn't. I think I could get the 20" model to fit other than the standover room. Of course, I'd want to tweak it to see before I bought. But with the standover where it was, I can't see using this bike.
What was wrong with the standover? Though it's certainly worth considering as one aspect of fit, it's highly over-rated, esp the widely used 1"+ clearance rule. If standover is a priority to you for a particular reason, that's fine, but most folks spend essentially zero time straddling the top tube, making tt length far more relevant as a starting point for fit. If your measurements are correct and you're 6' tall with an 81 cm inseam, then you have a fairly long torso, meaning you'll end up having to do a fair bit of adjustment in your saddle and bar position if you shoot for generous standover clearance.