tried asking in madison superforum and my pic request, but no avail.

for all you madison owners, i'm 5'9" with a 30.5" inseam. Small or medium?

More legs, or more torso/upper body/arms?

legs about same length as friend who is 5'5". a little more upper body I suppose?

Medium, for sure.

Though you could rock the smaller size with a ton of seatpost.

The Schwinn site is so useless, they used to have the archive for the '10 Madison, now they don't even have an entry for a 2011. Wtf mate.

As I recall, a medium Madison was like a large...they are huge bikes. Scrod had a medium(53cm) I think and he's 5'11. It's best to contact Schwinn or dig through the internet for a geometry chart of a 2010 Madison and compare.

medium even with my possibly shorter legs? btw, I fit a 52 Windsor timeline pretty well if that helps. do you own one of the 2010 maddys?

Don't own a maddy, but have roughly the same size. I'm 5'10, all torso. The long top tube on the medium seems about right, looking at the numbers. Could go smaller with seatpost and a longer stem.

Useless, I agree. Has ANYONE found geometry info anywhere? For 2010 / 2011?

I'm also looking for Cutter / Racer geometries if you guys can help. Thanks.

Why don't you call Nashbar since you will be buying the bike from them? As a retailer of the item, they may be able to help you out.

Actually this was listed right on Nashbar's website, you really are a great detective aren't you?

Sizing:
•Frame Size: XS, S, M, L, XL
•Effective Top Tube Length: 512, 531, 545, 560, 570mm
•Seat Tube Length: 545, 565, 585, 605, 625mm
•Standover Height: 30.7, 31.4, 32.2, 33.1, 33.9"
•Seat Tube Angle: 76, 75.5, 74.5, 74, 74°
•Head Tube Angle: 73, 74, 74.3, 74.5, 75°
•Wheelbase: 957, 958, 963, 967, 971mm

I had a large and I'm 5'11". Go for the medium.

Perhaps you have me confused with somebody else? I'm not purchasing from Nashbar (that I know of anyway)...

Thanks for the Madison geometry. I'm more interested in the Cutter / Racer geometry.

vw was implying that you didn't look very hard, as he easily found the info on Nashbar's site and that they may be able to help you further regarding geo and sizing if you contact them. Whether you're buying from them or not is irrelevant.

edit: if you're not interested about the Madison's geometry, why did you ask about it?

My bad, the thread is a question about Madison sizing, but thanks for throwing in your irrelevant thread hyjack.

scrod, are you more legs or torso? what's your inseam? how's the standover for you?

bike fit is sooooo much more than standover brah.

I'm a pretty average build with longish arms, so I tend to be more comfortable on frames that would be considered "too big" for me according to everyone's fear of standover height. Top tube length is much more important.

The standover on my Maddy was pretty far up into my junk. I ride my bike much more than I stand over it though, so it was never an issue. If you're 5'9" the medium will most likely be perfect for you.

yeah true that, but when buying online I feel that's it's the easiest way to gauge fit.

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Which is a big reason a lot of people are riding incorrectly sized bikes.

i stand corrected. are you still able to stand over it though, without smashing genitalia scrod?

Yeah but it was about as tall as I'd ever want a bike to be. I no longer have my Maddy.

sad times. why'd you let it go?

Too many bikes!

illegitimate answer.