Road Bike Size Long Legs Short Torso

The old school tactic of obscuring the front hub from sight in a routine riding position seems to work for me. Another long torso short legs rider here. The dealer insisted that i needed a large frame 56cm.

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He stated that because i have a long torso the longer top tube was more important then the seat tube measurement.

Road bike size long legs short torso. Then use a long stem. 71 77 cm handlebar width. I m comfy with 643 stack 403 reach with a very long seat post and a ton of spacers. I made the move to a road bike and purchased a scott s20.

I needed a 60 frame for my legs as the 58 frame needed the seat at the absolute maximum height which wasn t recommneded so got the next size up but put a shorter stem on to bring the reach back a bit. I experienced the most success with the smaller frame given the choice. 54 cm overall reach. In your case the 54cm from your pics looks better to me.

Sorry for all these long legged people but this is the worst case for achieving an optimum bike fit. I have long longs and short torso and found the more relaxed geometry bikes to fit better like the giant defy and trek domane. One could consider a shorter top tube but this would also tend to come with a. Stack should be around 570 590 whereas 590 would be better than 570.

I am looking for a new frame with race characteristic but the problem is the combination of long legs short torso. The best solution would be a frame with a top tube length of 540 and a long head tube. I ended up with the domane. Ws recommended road sizes frame size center to center.

Which road bike for long legs short torso. I have long legs and a short torso. 53 cm frame size center to top. 67 50 cm saddle height.

Long legs imply a short torso so the reach to the bars becomes excessive. For reference i ride a 17 mountain bike 44cm and it feels like its a part of me. The long legs will mean a high saddle so the bars become relatively far away. 1 good bike maker for long leg short torso 2 any online resource where i can enter my measurements and it will recommend a bike.

I thought i was in that camp with 188 x 86 5.