Originally Posted by
ColonelJLloyd
I think a 59cm seat tube frame is about the most balanced and pleasing to the eye for me.
Only two things scare me and one of them is nuclear war. What's the other? Tiny frames. Smell like cabbage. Small hands.
There are only two things I can't tolerate: People who are intolerant of other cultures' bikes, and Swiss-threaded bikes.
I can ride anything from a 59 to a 64, fit best on a 62, and think anything bigger than a 64 starts looking funny. I'm also of the opinion that 56-58cm bikes tend to look the best. Road bikes, anyway. I think 54-56cm city bikes look the best, but I suppose that's heavily influenced by the hours and hours and advisedly do I say
hours I've spent looking at pictures of constructeur bikes. Apparently nobody in Paris is taller than 5'7".