Originally Posted by
aggiegrads
It sounds like you are planning on buying off-the-shelf.
If you are looking at Surly Long Haul Truckers, there is a spreadsheet that owners have filled out with body dimensions:
LHT owners size spreadsheet
Obviously, the ideal is to test ride as many bikes as possible.
I'm trying to decide between the 54cm and 58cm versions of this bike:
http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...an_turismo.htm
If the LHT is anything like it, the 58 might be too big for me.. Seems people who get the trucker in 58 are almost all 6 foot or more.
I'm in Canada so it's gonna be a hassle to ship from Bikesdirect... so I want to make sure I get this right the first time. If I get it and it's too big or small I'm pretty screwed. If they had a 56 cm version I think I'd probably go with that. Damn my freakish body between standard sizes.