90's Specialized sizing
05-02-11, 07:53 PM
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Should only be, like, 1/2" difference, right? Check out bikepedia.com to find what sizes your bike was made in. Generally it's much closer to one particular size than the others since they often go by ~2" increments.
05-03-11, 04:31 PM
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Ah. That is a lot of seat tube sticking up. Are you wondering for your own sake or wondering for a FS posting? If the latter, just clarify which measurement you use in the ad and you should be good. A stand-over measurement might be good too. My mid-90s bike is only a 13 1/2", which seems really small, but I only have a couple inches clearance over it and I'm ~5'7".
05-03-11, 11:34 PM
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It's a bike I'm interested in, trying to find out the appropriate geometry chart. Anyway, I found out they measured center to top. And knowing that you're 5'7" and riding 13.5 makes me feel a little better about this 15.5, even if I will have to run a 400mm post with only 4" in (I'm a freak of nature, standover clearance has never concerned me!)
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05-04-11, 09:50 AM
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What model/year are you looking at?
Here are 1996 Stumpjumper geo charts with seattube in millimeters if that helps.
https://www.mtb-kataloge.de/Bikekatal...alerbook96.pdf
I'd take it for a spin whatever you do. I've had 15" MTBs with eff. top tubes ranging from just under 50cm to 56.6 cm that fit much differently, obviously.
Here are 1996 Stumpjumper geo charts with seattube in millimeters if that helps.
https://www.mtb-kataloge.de/Bikekatal...alerbook96.pdf
I'd take it for a spin whatever you do. I've had 15" MTBs with eff. top tubes ranging from just under 50cm to 56.6 cm that fit much differently, obviously.
