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Planet X sizing?

  • 11-10-2009 8:15am
    #1
    Tawfee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 200 ✭✭


    Seeing as there seems to be a lot of Planet X owners on here, i was hoping to get some advice on sizing for a Ti Sportive frameset.
    I'm 5'7", & according to Planet X themselves, i should go for a small. But, comparing the frame measurements of my existing bikes, the medium is closer in most respects to what i have.
    Just wondering if anyone else found themselves going for a different size to what Planet X were recommending?


Comments

  • #2
    Quigs Snr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭Quigs Snr


    You are the same height as me. I reckon you should go for the small, I don't have one, well I have a Planet X Stealth but not the road bike, however I have ridden the road bike and reckon that you should get the small as the planet X has quite a sloping geometry...

    Its more likely that your current bike is too big !


  • #3
    Quigs Snr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭Quigs Snr


    Scratch that, I didn't spot it was the Ti you were looking at. I'd still say small, but couldn't confirm 100%.


  • #4
    Tawfee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 200 ✭✭Tawfee


    Quigs Snr wrote: »
    You are the same height as me. I reckon you should go for the small, I don't have one, well I have a Planet X Stealth but not the road bike, however I have ridden the road bike and reckon that you should get the small as the planet X has quite a sloping geometry...

    Its more likely that your current bike is too big !

    Thanks Quigs Snr, I was fitted for one of my bikes, it's a medium-sized touring bike & it's dimensions are closer to the medium Ti Sportive but don't match exactly.


  • #5
    wobbits
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭wobbits


    I'm in the same boat 5'7ish and contemplating getting one of the Planetx Ti frames. Last 2 bikes I had were medium (54) frames and while they were grand I was never 100% comfortable.
    Going for a small frame this time, my reasoning being if it's slightly too small I can get a longer stem, add spacers to raise the bar height and raise the saddle to get a perfect fit.
    On the other hand if I get the medium frame and after a while it feels a bit big then I'm pretty much stuck
    Good luck with it


  • #6
    andun84
    Closed Accounts Posts: 110 ✭✭andun84


    I'm 5'8" and have 32" inside leg running 170mm cranks on a 52 Ti Sportive (which is the medium) and I don't have whole lot of seatpost showing so unless you have long legs relative to your upper body I think you may find it a struggle. I should add that I have very inflexible hamstrings and therefore I need a less aggressive position on the bike so if you have excellent flexibility you may well get a long with it but it is very borderline.

    However only your know what the extent of the differences are between your current setup versus what your new setup would be.


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