Originally Posted by
FarHorizon
If the manufacturer provides the graphic on their own website, then I "assume" nothing by taking it as it is drawn. It's Kona's responsibility to ensure that their specifications graphics are accurate.
It is YOU who assume when you interpret what you think it should be rather than as actually shown.
I don't really assume or interpret much about standover, personally. I know that I like 56-58cm ETT for MTBs, 53-55cm ETT for road bikes. I like 73-ish STA and HTA for road, and prefer fairly steep XC-style angles for MTBs, nothing less than 70 HTA, for sure. Don't give a damn about standover cuz I hardly ever straddle bikes, even on accident.
I have no idea where Kona measures standover but it would be pretty easy to figure out. I'd just go to Sellwood Cyclery or other Kona dealer with a tape measure then compare actual measurements to published figures.
It seems like it would be tougher to run into standover issues with sloping top tubes, since a bike with a 55cm horizontal top tube would often have a higher standover mid-span than a sloping design with the same ETT. Not always, but most of the time.