Bike sizing question

[starsky]

Would you buy a frame a size down from your normal and run a longer seat post or would the bike just feel wrong?

[barry_kellett99]

I ran an absolute with a hightower of a seat post. So long as there is enough in the seat tube and it goes as far as the weld with the top tube, it should be ok.

However I think its a good indication that the bike is too small.

When I was fitting for my Meta 5 I could make the medium fit by extending the seat post out to its maximum, but whats the point. The large was obviously a better fit and felt just as good to ride.

Some people say that they like a frame as small as they can get away with as it feels more "chuckable" Whatever that is. Maybe they mean they are going to chuck it on ebay quicker?

[starsky]

Miaow!

[kenny]

Was that your medium 5.5 for sale on ebay with a funny story about large/medium......medium/large?

Ask SteveB about his too long/short high/low bike.

[starsky]

Yep that was mine Kenny. I will be more careful about assuming that all manufacturers S / M / L are the same in future.

It took so long for the new frame to come in I went off it while waiting for it!

[keith]

I got a rocky mountain switch in medium, and was never comfortable on it, and as I am rather large I looked a bit silly. So from now on I always get large frames and have no problem chucking it around but I have heard many people saying to get a size smaller but I dont agree.

[Aaron B]

i've a med/large supreme and its the perfect size for me. I just couldn't find a comfortable position on my large meta 5 even though i thought it would be fine following a car park test ride. It takes a good hour on a bike to find out what its really like i think

[starsky]

As Aaron will know, I'm a both wheels on the ground man so this small frame for flickability doesn't appeal to me.

[Steveb]

Larger buys (I include myself in that!) need to be very careful about running a lot of seatpost. I ran a large Meta for ages, with a long post, felt OK, when I changed to the XL it felt much better. Thing is I sold the old bike, now I always ran enough post in the frame, but it was a very long post, 3 months after selling it the seatpost/top tube weld cracked!

Now, it could have been the new owner ran too little post, but he was not that tall, so I suspect it was me that weakened. Before anyone asks, I replaced the frame for the guy.

Ultimately a too small frame will always be too small.

[Steveb]

BTW G, did you have an interest in a Meta5 frame once?

If so, officially they're all sold out til next year now, but I might have a large coming available today as I can't the get the guys card to to authorise.

If interested call me first thing.