Originally Posted by
gmilton
..not. I am growing increasingly unhappy with the results of my very expensive bike-fitting - I will not name names, but the frame dimensions they provided effectively rule out any stock bike commercially available - in approximate number, 600mm stack, 200 mm headtube, 570 mm top tube, 492mm seat tube [high, wide and short] Now I'm about 5'8.5" and fairly regularly proportioned (though I've lost an inch or two due to age). Every bike shop I walk into pegs me as a 54cm frame - these specs put me on a 56-57mm - I am ok on a frame this size (current ride is a 57) but feel on the bike rather than in it. Their response? Custom is the only way to go for a guy like you. Just bias, or a sales tactic I wonder. Should I believe them or the LBS? Or is bike fitting just a pathway to distinctions without a difference for the average rider?
Eddy Merckx Mourenx 69 'XL' :-
- 610 stack (saves you a spacer)
- 211 headtube
- 576 top tube
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those are the 2017 geo figures.
That model has been out for a couple of years, so you might want to check last year's, and the year's before, geo figures, as they (Merckx frames) do change very slightly across the model years.