Originally Posted by
Roasted
marn - SWEET photo man. I love that action shot. What size bike is that? Did you by chance find that the Giant bikes run a bit larger in size? The 53.5 I tried out felt bigger to me than the 56cm Trek 2.1 did (in some regards).
thanks for the compliments on the photo. me and my friend are photographers and the action picture is a staged shot with me doing multiple passes at slow shutter speeds.
i'm 5'7" and the frame is a SMALL with a 100mm stem dropped to the bottom of the steerer tube.
giant suggest 5'4"-5'7" for small and 5'7"-5'10" for medium.
i went with the smaller frame because i can use a longer steam, the headtube is shorter than the medium for a bigger saddle to bar drop, and the frame supposedly lighter and stiffer than the bigger medium.
here's a link for the sizes
http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/...ompactroad/45/