Originally Posted by
somegeek
Thanks for the replies! I'm keeping an eye on craigslist... set up some shortcuts to the searches for the different makes suggested above. I'd like to pick up a $100 bike and put ~$200 into it to convert it.
I'm 6'5"... what size bike frame should I be looking at for a SS? I see ~61/62cm quite a bit being mentioned for 'tall' folks around 6' to 6'4"... would a 58-62 work for me?
Appreciate any input.
somegeek
Let me short cut all the responses. There is no way you can size a bike by height. Leg length, age, all sorts of stuff factors in.
With "old" bikes, the top tube would be high, almost touching the crotch, and there would be very little seatpost. In this case, I would be very surprised if a bike under 61/62 would work (I am 6'3" and my 62cm is just on the small side of ok- Grant Peterson suggested 64cm). However, if you are ok with a lot of seat post, and you want the bars lower than the seat, track style, then you can go smaller IMO.