Originally Posted by
Miramooke
I want to take a crack at building my own bike. I found a lovely old Peugeot road bike frame, free, but it's 25" and I'm 6 feet tall; too short for the bike, at least according to the size charts online.
Can I make it work by putting the seat all the way down, or should I just not waste another second on this frame?
Sure you could make it work, but why?
I am 6'5 and ride 25" Schwinn frames/64cm level top tube frames. I am not sure why you would want to go thru the process of building up a frame only to have to make obvious and perhaps extreme concessions to make it fit.
There are a ton of quality frames for $50-175 available that will fit properly. Check Ebay, local/regional Craigslist, and the BF C&V forum linked below.
Total guess, but something 56-60 would fit you best, correct?
Check out this subforum-
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage-sales/
it is very active and i have yet to be disappointed in buying or selling on it.
SR Maxima frameset as an example that just sold recently.
Vintage frames for sale options to also repaint.
FS: Bikes/Frames/Wheels - Southern California the Merican is really cool