Originally Posted by cchristanis

mtnbiker66 youre probably going to injure your knees. they should be almost straight without being locked. See a dealer. Im assuming your knees are bent a lot and you are crouched up like a big teen that rides the neighborhood on a bmx.

Originally Posted by mtnbiker66

Thanks for the input. How would I find a good dealer that would know what I would need in a bike? Is it bad to have a 6" fork on that bike too?

Originally Posted by cchristanis

You need to use your judgement . I had a dealer sell me a bike that was too large once when i was first starting out. You should do some research on fitting a bike. There is lots of stuff on the web.