Bicycle Frame
Bicycle Frame - Tips & Guide
The first impression at a bicycle is on the frame.Besides determining the performance and prestige in a bicycle, the bicycle frame is also the heart of a bicycle. Without a frame, a bicycle will not stand up or it’s not to be a bicycle at all. Therefore we must have the correct guide on how to choose the right frame bike and in accordance with needs.Every bike frames both HT type and FS type have a certain size in inch. Usually that is the size of a standard length seattube and toptube. However, there is also a producer of bicycle frame have categorize it in the size of S(small), M(medium), and L(large).Each the size has a certain table geometry.
Guide selecting the frame size is easy,people with the heigh max 165cm tall must use a frame size S, 165 - 175cm tall use a frame size M, and 175cm tall and up use a frame size L. However there are some exceptions because everyone has long hands, long legs, long body and a different level even if the same total. Thus, although the frame has been selected with the criterion as mentioned above, usually we have to keep making corrections by selecting the size of other components, such as handlebars, seatpost, stem, and crank.
To find out if your Bicycle frame are already in the right size, try standing ride your bicycle frame in a condition that has been built, hand holding handlebars. If you can stand freely with distance at least 5cm between the tob tube with your vital tools, it means that the size fit for you. But if the distance too wide, that means the size of your bike is not for you. For users with fork travel adjustment, deficiency or excess distance is still possible to be adjusted with the increase or decrease the length of travel.
For FS frame fans, beside the frame size, there are other variables, namely the type of rear shock, the length of travel, and technology links.This third variable should be considered especially for those who have felt the easy way to ride a bicycle fulsus. But for beginners, it’s potential can not distinguish these three factors.
Guide selecting the frame size is easy,people with the heigh max 165cm tall must use a frame size S, 165 - 175cm tall use a frame size M, and 175cm tall and up use a frame size L. However there are some exceptions because everyone has long hands, long legs, long body and a different level even if the same total. Thus, although the frame has been selected with the criterion as mentioned above, usually we have to keep making corrections by selecting the size of other components, such as handlebars, seatpost, stem, and crank.
To find out if your Bicycle frame are already in the right size, try standing ride your bicycle frame in a condition that has been built, hand holding handlebars. If you can stand freely with distance at least 5cm between the tob tube with your vital tools, it means that the size fit for you. But if the distance too wide, that means the size of your bike is not for you. For users with fork travel adjustment, deficiency or excess distance is still possible to be adjusted with the increase or decrease the length of travel.
For FS frame fans, beside the frame size, there are other variables, namely the type of rear shock, the length of travel, and technology links.This third variable should be considered especially for those who have felt the easy way to ride a bicycle fulsus. But for beginners, it’s potential can not distinguish these three factors.
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