Originally Posted by legalize_it
pshaw, he should be riding a 29er if hes any bigger than 5'6". any frame smaller than med (~18") its tough to get the bars level or lower than the saddle. on my 18" 29r with the stem -6deg no stack and 25mm risers the bars are just barely level. soon swapping out to straight bars for a lil more drop.
IMHO, I've yet to see a good-looking 29'er frame in a size smaller than a 20" ST (framesets without suspension-corrected forks being the exception). You either have serious standover issues, or else the bike ends up looking like a hammock, and the headtube is about 2" long.
WYT, have you ridden any big-wheelers? Sometimes it's good to be in on the ground floor...