6'1 with a 32" inseam based on these photos what would be a better fit? Blue Domane 58cm – Light Color Frame – 56cm. I currently ride an FX2 XL but looking into obtaining something with droped handle bars. Thank you.
by OLO28
6'1 with a 32" inseam based on these photos what would be a better fit? Blue Domane 58cm – Light Color Frame – 56cm. I currently ride an FX2 XL but looking into obtaining something with droped handle bars. Thank you.
by OLO28
1 Comment
56cm hands down. You have quite a short inseam, with a 58cm, you’ll barely have any seatpost showing. I’m 5’10 and ride a 54cm endurance bike similar to the Domane and have a 34″ inseam. You want some seatpost so there is some flex and compliance. Also, with a 56cm, you can just run a longer stem if you want it to fit similar in reach to the 58cm, but you can’t really go backwards if you get a 58cm. Generally rule of thumb for road bikes, shorter stems usually make the handling quite twitchy and I don’t recommend going to a stem shorter than 8cm if you find the 58cm too long. Think of it this way: you can make a smaller bike larger by adding length or stack, but you can’t make a larger bike smaller because you can’t physically shorten the tubes of the bike…