What Frame size should i go for?
 

Hi,
I'm looking at buying a mountain bike,
I'm 1m83cm tall, What frame size should i go for,
The reason for asking is I don;t live near any bicycle shops and i need to order it online,
Thanks
Pierre :)

Do you currently have a bike? What is your inseam? What kind of riding will you be doing? What brand/model are you looking at? Give us a bit of info, and we may be able to give you some help.

For freeride/downhill/aggressive use I'd go for a 17", if crosscountry then a 19" (this is, of course, just my opinion and really, inseam does play quite a big part in sizing).

I'd take Drunken Chicken's advice. I'm 176cm and ride a 19" cross country frame.

Expatriate and Drunken Chicken are correct. Measure your inseam. When I went to bike shops this year to buy an MTB, they immediately put me on 18 and 19 inch frames based on my 5 foot 9 inch height. I ended up on a 17 inch frame with a very short handlebar stem due to my 29 1/2 inch inseam and short, size 32, arms.

I always make customers try at least 2, if not 3 sizes, just to be sure. You can always swap stems, but you need to start with the right size frame.

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