Originally Posted by
Dave Horne
I just typed a very long message here only to have it disappear after I had to go back and log in. Lesson learned ... CTRL + C.
I'm 5'9" \ 176 cm with an inseam of 31.5" \ 81 cm. The VN Deveron comes in three sizes, 47 cm, 52 cm, and 57 cm. The advice from VN is this, if your inseam is 65 - 89 cm, choose the 47 cm frame; 90 - 99 cm, choose the 52 cm frame; 99 and greater, choose the 57 cm frame.
I can see where this all went wrong because in a 'normal geometry' bike, my frame size would be from 53 to 57 cm or so. If I knew nothing about the frame size advice, I'd probably choose the 52.
I tried to figure out what you're referring to as the "advice" on the VN site. The size calculator for the Deveron yielded the below results.. Are you oversimplifying the VN "advice" to just inseam? The website's calculator yields a 52cm bike ok with even the 80cm inseam plugged in.
