Road Bike One Size Smaller

Road bike sizing guide.

Road bike one size smaller. Most adult road bikes use 700c wheels whereas 26 is typically a mountain bike wheel size although in recent years mountain bikes are using larger wheels as well. If you should be on a large 58cm road bike or 20 inch mountain bike fitting a small 52 cm road bike or 15 inch mountain bike just isn t going to happen and vice versa. I broke my collarbone this past winter in cuba on a bike trip hit the wheel of the bike in front of me and crashed so i am very gun shy about falling. What i mean is that the if you want to buy a road bike the appropriate frame size for you will be slightly bigger than its mtb counterpart e g.

Sometimes bike sizing charts or our bike size calculator will recommend two different bike frame sizing options. It s easy to find out what size road bike fits you best. It depends on how far off the size of the bike is if you can make the wrong size bike fit. And of course the rational solution on a non custom bike to take the next smaller size then raise the seat and bar is made less practical by the way bars are done.

19 road hybrid bike fr 18 17 mtb fr. I m 5ft 11 1 2 inches tall so the giant size guides suggest i can either go for a medium or medium large frame. Gravel builds are perfect for someone like me who wants to road bike and be comfortable and have the option of doing some gravel dirt or run different wheels. When you re buying a road bike sizing is crucial choose a bike frame that s too small and you ll be uncomfortable when you ride.

It s very hard ie requires work and maybe extra parts on the part of the lsb to raise a bar up very high due to the marketing driven prejudice towards a low and mean look for non comfort bikes. Yesterday i tested a defy 1 in both sizes riding them both twice on a loop that was about a mile long and included a short hill that i went down turned around and came back up again. Barney wainwright for some advice. Riding a bike that doesn t fit is no fun.

It s uncomfortable and you risk injury from being too cramped or too stretched out but knowing what size bike you should get can be a bit of a minefield. If you are in the uk the bike shops usually have charted measurements available for you to find out the optimum height and frame size for it. Get a size too large and the bike could become hard to maneuver safely. Sometimes very small adult road bike frames will use a smaller wheel size like 650b but it s more common even for small frames to use 700c wheels.