Frame Recommendation for someone with long legs
05-02-08 | 05:22 PM
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Frame Recommendation for someone with long legs
Hello all.
I'm new to riding and recently built a 61cm Motobecanne Phantom Cross that doesn't fit me very well. The seat height is good, but the top tube is way too long. The fit calculators I've done recommend a bike with a 60cm frame with a comically short 54cm top tube. Can anyone recommend a frame that has dimensions close to this? I'd prefer a cyclocrosser, but could probably live with a road frame. Steel is preferred, but at this point I'd take anything that fits.
Thanks,
-Cormac
I'm new to riding and recently built a 61cm Motobecanne Phantom Cross that doesn't fit me very well. The seat height is good, but the top tube is way too long. The fit calculators I've done recommend a bike with a 60cm frame with a comically short 54cm top tube. Can anyone recommend a frame that has dimensions close to this? I'd prefer a cyclocrosser, but could probably live with a road frame. Steel is preferred, but at this point I'd take anything that fits.
Thanks,
-Cormac
05-03-08 | 07:18 AM
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05-03-08 | 08:49 PM
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From: Radium Springs, NM
Bikes: Custom Cammack touring road and 1987 Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo
I have a road frame that has a 60 cm seat tube and 56 cm top tube available for sale. It's #2 of a series of 15 road frames I constructed in the mid 1970's. It's silver brazed double butted Reynolds 531 frame and fork.
BTW, I think we are distantly related.
BTW, I think we are distantly related.
Last edited by CharlesC; 05-05-08 at 01:45 PM.
