Originally Posted by
Blue Belly
Professional fit is the best advice you can get & money well spent if you are going to plunk down a good chunk of money. A good shop will do this & maybe even throw part or all of it Into the sale of a bicycle. Why throw your money at a moving target?
understanding fit can be tricky & every geometry has its special "qualities". Unless you are deeply steeped into bicycle geometry & are willing to pull out the paper & protractors, I say work with a good local fit expert
A professional fit might not hurt your riding position but I've never heard of needing one just to determine the size bike frame for a rider. At 6'2", the rider belongs or a 59cm (Center-to-top seat tube) Mercier Kilo WT, sized frame. This same frame should have a 57-59cm effective top tube (measured Center-to-center), 170mm crank arm (for this fixie) and a 110mm stem length.