Originally Posted by Mariner Fan
Sin, I'm 6'2 and ride a 59. Fit's me fine. I wondered if I should have gone with a bigger frame but now I realize I made the right move.
Yup. It was an impulse buy because it was in stock, but it has a monstrously long top tube that Lemonds are notorious for(60.5cm) and a very relaxed seat tube angle which made the effective TT really about 61 cm.
I kind of made it work with a 90mm stem but it made handling a little less stable with the short stem IMO. I was new to cycling at the time and didn't know any better.
My new bike is a 58cm (57.5cm TT)with a 110mm stem and I like the feeling of a smaller bike - you can throw it around a little easier, especially when cornering.
The lanky Miguel Indurain used a 59x59 Pinarello BTW and he easily could have used a 61 or 62 but he didn't. Hell, Cippo is even taller at 6'4" and used a 58cm, albeit with a 150mm stem!
