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agmetal 05-19-18 04:38 PM

Questioning my choice of frame size
 
I have a New Albion Privateer that I built up a couple years ago, but lately I've been questioning my choice of frame size, and am considering swapping out the frame for a different size. I have two other similar bikes with similar geometry - a 2011 Bianchi Volpe and a 2008 Raleigh One-Way.

Published Volpe geometry, 51cm nominal:
Seat tube, C-T: 510mm
Top tube, effective: 525mm
Top tube, actual: 511mm
Chainstays: 425mm
BB drop: 68mm
Head tube: 120mm
Front-center: 593mm
Seat tube angle: 74.5º
Head angle: 71º
Bike is set up with a Gilles Berthoud Aspin saddle on a Velo Orange Grand Cru setback seatpost, and 80mm Velo Orange tall stack stem with one 10mm spacer


Published Raleigh geometry, 53cm nominal:
Seat tube, C-C: 500mm
Top tube, effective: 530mm
Chainstays: 425mm
BB drop: 55mm
Head tube: 120mm
Wheelbase: 1029mm
Seat tube angle: 74.5
Head angle: 71.5º
Bike is set up with a Brooks Professional saddle on a Velo Orange Grand Cru setback seatpost, and 90mm 17º stem set to positive rise angle, with 35mm worth of spacers underneath


I can post pictures later, but based on those numbers, which size frame would you choose for the New Albion Privateer? (geometry chart below)
https://static1.squarespace.com/stat...g?format=1000w

yamsyamsyams 05-28-18 09:53 PM

https://geometrygeeks.bike/

That may help you. Other than posting photos would would be 1000% more helpful it’s hard to decide since there are so many other intrinsic factors and questions about bike fit.

Kontact 05-28-18 11:29 PM

48 is clearly the closest to both.

tangerineowl 05-29-18 05:34 AM

If you know the fork length and offset of the first two bikes, then punch some numbers into here:-
Stack and reach calculator

Compare the results with the stack and reach of the Privateer.

Kontact 05-29-18 10:31 AM


Originally Posted by tangerineowl (Post 20365399)
If you know the fork length and offset of the first two bikes, then punch some numbers into here:-
Stack and reach calculator

Compare the results with the stack and reach of the Privateer.

That's a lot of work when the bike in question has very little head tube length variation and very obvious TT length increments. Why make things harder?

Brian25 05-29-18 08:00 PM

Gee... beats me, sure would be nice to see how extended the seat/ handlebars are from the frame, plus some sort of information on your dimensions. Ie; height, preferred seat height, reach . even a picture of you on the bike. ???


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