Originally Posted by
LemondFanForeve
Cant seem to find any US bike manufacturer's that make road bikes in size(s) 64/65/66 cm any more, I guess if you're a tall rider, like me(6ft 6), you're pretty much screwed now, if you want to buy a new bike in any of those sizes? Or, you have to pay ALOT for a custom bike to be built for you? Just curious...are there any US bike companies even selling those sizes anymore? Getting increasingly frustrated by the lack of bikes for taller riders,it doesnt have to be a 2011 version, maybe one they have, thats a bit older, but new?
Maybe someone can sticky this for those of us who are a bit bigger/taller than the rest, who are looking for bikes for taller riders as well?
Just to drag this back on track.
The key isn't so much the seat tube length, there are other issues, that may make a too small even though it's the largest size bike work for you. One of the reasons why they don't make them as big as they used to, is that in the old days, "a fist full of seat post" was the mantra, so in order to have the seat post that short, you needed a larger range of sizes. Now the fist-full-of-seat-post does not apply anymore, so you can get 66cm by taking a 60cm bike and instead of 9cm of seat post, you have 15cm of seat post, given that they make seatposts up to 30cm long, this shouldn't be a problem for you. The key is to have the bars high enough, a lot of steerers are long enough from the factory, the dealer needs to leave it long for you, then you need a professional fitting, to get things sized properly. It's not that they don't make bikes large enough, smaller frames with longer steerers and seat posts are the style at the moment.....