Originally Posted by
cormacf
I'm 5'10" but with a 30" inseam, so I'm basically 5'6" from the waist down, and 6'2"ish from the waist up. This was great in high school wrestling, and not so good since. It makes cars annoying (my head squishes on anything sporty, because I'm close to the wheel), and with bikes and motorcycles, it's also a challenge unless I'm sitting straight up with city bike handlebars. I was thinking of extending the stem ona 53cm or so bike, but I hadn't thought of backing out the saddle. Any suggestions, or should I just go to my LBS and see what they say?
5'9" with 29" inseam here, so much the same.
I made do with Medium frame off the rack bikes for years, but just this spring pulled the trigger on a custom frame.
Night and day difference, so much more comfortable and my pedaling is noticeably more efficient.
As the poster above implied, my best wheel size fit was also 26" and not 700c.