That's the way I feel with my mountain bikes. I have two, an old 26" rigid and a modern 29er hardtail, with very different setups as far as bar width, shifters, disc brakes vs. cantilevers, etc. When I haven't ridden one in a while the bike feels awkward at first, but within 10 minutes it's like my favorite bike ever.


I wasn't so much interested in what everyone's exact frame sizes were (Christmas is a long way off ), but I was curious what the range of sizes others have gotten to work for them. Some of the responses were fairly specific, either no variation or only a couple of centimeters, others seem to be able to ride bikes in a 5-6 cm range. As someone mentioned above, in the '70's there may have only been 3 frames sizes to pick from spaced 3 or more cm apart. With higher end frames sometimes coming in 1cm increments it made me wonder how experienced cyclists felt about what their ideal size is, whether a centimeter difference was a big deal.