question about: pake and iro
 

i already tried using the search and looked at the threads and none of them helped or answered my question.
my dad is planning on buying me a bike frame and then he said i could get started from there.
the only problem is that i'm pretty short i'm about 4'11 1/2" so i have a hard time finding a frame.
I ride a 49 cm schwinn caliente now and it feels pretty crammed.
i looked at the iro and it said that I should get the heidi frame and the pake the smallest is only 49 cm.
do you think that i should go to a bike shop and get fitted first or just go buy what the website says?
this would be my first fixed gear bike

hope you guys can answer my question
thanks

IRO heidi

get fitted. so fitted.

oh yeah dumb question....
do i just go in and ask to be fitted or do i have to pay?
:|

You have to pay. Why would an LBS take the time to fit you for something you aren't going to buy from them?

^^ righto.

pretend your buying a bike from them and get fitted. free yo!

excellent way to permanently get on the bad side of your LBS.

edit: and most shops I've gone to don't even do free fittings for bikes under $1000.

See if the shop you're ordering the frame from does fittings.

i was actually going to order it online

+1 to getting fitted. also +1 to that guy getting up into the barrel and getting pitted. so pitted.

if you find a 49 cm Pake, let me know where plz.

I got a 49 pake and it is small.

Take your crucial body measurements, then call Tony at IRO and ask his advice. He designed them... he should know best. (he is not the easiest to get on the phone, but keep trying; you'll get him to answer).

As for Pake, no idea.

Go to a Distant Bike Store (DBS) a couple of towns away.

i admit, i lold.

or go to a Wal Mart Store (WMS) and buy a measuring tape from the sewing dept and take your own measurements.

hahaha

oh yeah how do i figure out the gear ratio?

that is your own call.

i saw a school kid riding a pake yesterday. it looked like a preetty cool bike. i wondered if he built it up from scratch as it's offered frame only on their website.

+1 for a pake.

and get yourself measured first.

look what google can find when you search "bike fitting"

http://www.cyclemetrics.com/Pages/Fi..._fit_links.htm

whodathunk?

If you're that short, I'd get a 44cm. That will be hard to find, yes, but worth it.

Also, I think people are talking about 'fitting' differently. If you want to jump on a fit-cycle and get all the measurements you'll need (if you never grow another inch) then drop ~$150+ for that. A fit-kit is slightly less expensive. If you simply want to test ride different sizes, feel different seat heights, etc, then any shop will do that.

i've heard of lbs's offering free fitting. fyi, they say the right tt length is the most important part of fit (not that the other specs aren't as well), and i agree.

Yes, TT length is the most important part of a fit. Since you didn't explain why, I'll go ahead:

Seat-tube length can be adjusted simply by raising the saddle, to compensate for longer legs relative to a torso. On the contrary, top-tube length can be lengthened / shortened, but with drawbacks. Running a shorter stem can throw the control and steering of the bike off (say going from 100mm to a 80mm). If you have a shorter torso relative to your legs, it's better to drop down a size as you will not be as stretched out as much, or feel like the bike is riding you.

Personally, I'm 5'10 and ride a 54cm because of this very reason. You can always raise the saddle height to make it fit your legs, you can't always shorten the frame to fit your torso.