I emailed a seller on ebay about a bike, asking what size the frame was (why do they never say!?) and he replied with the following:
The crank is 19cm from center to edge.
The frame is 38cm from inside the frame just above the crank to inside the frame just below the saddle.
I am just over 6ft and it is slightly too small for me.
I was impressed with the fast reply, but I'm a bit confused about his measurements.. First of all, he's included crank size. Not sure why. Secondly, frame size of 38cm - he's obviously measured from the wrong bit (just above the crank as supposed to the middle of the bottom bracket).. So should I add 19 to 38 (57) or is that not likely to get the correct size either..?
I've come to the conclusion, by adding the 19 + 38 = 57 and from the fact it's a little bit too small for 'just over 6ft' that the frame size is about 56cm. What do you all think?
I will email him back shortly asking for correct frame measurements, I just want to see what you all think!
The crank is 19cm from center to edge.
The frame is 38cm from inside the frame just above the crank to inside the frame just below the saddle.
I am just over 6ft and it is slightly too small for me.
I was impressed with the fast reply, but I'm a bit confused about his measurements.. First of all, he's included crank size. Not sure why. Secondly, frame size of 38cm - he's obviously measured from the wrong bit (just above the crank as supposed to the middle of the bottom bracket).. So should I add 19 to 38 (57) or is that not likely to get the correct size either..?
I've come to the conclusion, by adding the 19 + 38 = 57 and from the fact it's a little bit too small for 'just over 6ft' that the frame size is about 56cm. What do you all think?
I will email him back shortly asking for correct frame measurements, I just want to see what you all think!