looking for a new frame & fork
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looking for a new frame & fork
im super new to the fixed gear scene. I'm 6'5" 195lbs 32" inseam and i have an old raleigh frame and fork nor sure of the size. i took off the old 27" tires and a friend of mine gave me some 700x23c rims with a 16t fixed gear on the back. i've got bars, seat, cranks, 48t chainring, pedals, pretty much all the parts. the frame has vert dropouts and i'm looking into a new frame n fork. from the charts it looks like ill be leaning towards a 60cm frame.
would something like this be ok?
Murphy Himself 60cm frame & fork
would something like this be ok?
Murphy Himself 60cm frame & fork
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Sizing is all about top tube length, so it all depends of your proportions as well as the frame's. If you are 6'-5" with only a 32" inseam, I suspect you have a relatively long torso / upper body relative to your legs and will need a bigger frame seat tube in order to get a longer top tube. You want to get whatever you were riding on the road if that was comfortable for you.
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Your cog is slipping.



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Pants inseam is pretty much useless when attempting to determine what size bike you'd need. Here:
https://www.ehow.com/how_14104_determ...ect-frame.html
and here:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/frame-sizing.html
https://www.ehow.com/how_14104_determ...ect-frame.html
and here:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/frame-sizing.html
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Your cog is slipping.



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Still finding that hard to believe, considering my inseam - at 5'10" - is around 33.5".
Oh...and if you're a troll, you're not a very good one.
Oh...and if you're a troll, you're not a very good one.
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