Mens Bike Frame Size Guide

A quick guide to sizing your bike frame.

Mens bike frame size guide.

Merida s road bikes go through s s m m l and l. For your height stand against a wall and mark the wall with a pencil so it s level with the top of your head. Now run the measuring tape up your seat tube. Lean to the wall with your elbow sitting on the bike or let someone help you as shown on the picture but your leg to lowest point but parallel to the ground.

If it is just the frame this will be the center point in the bottom bracket shell. It is fairly simple. Move your saddle up or down until you have nice bend behind your knee. 51 cm mountain bike.

When searching online for advice about bike sizing you will. Sizing varies greatly between road and mountain bikes as well as between men s and women s models and even between individual manufacturers. Method 3 bike size chart by height. Bike frame sizes are measured in the same way for all styles of bicycle.

When you reach the end of the seat tube you have your frame size. That s not true of mountain bikes where the frame size is usually marked s m l etc. To measure your bike s frame size take a measuring tape and place the tape in the center bolt of your bike s cranks. 49 cm road bike.

Then measure from the ground up to the mark having someone to help might make this easier. Imagine your leg inseam is 74cm then the best frame sizes for you are. That s a system used for some road bikes too.