Rose Bike Size Help

maklabouhlel · 24 Jun 2015 at 00:42

I need some help please. I'm looking to buy this bike but I'm not sure about size.

Height 5'7" (170cm)
Inside leg 79cm
Arm span 5'11" (180cm)

What size would you suggest?

arknor · 24 Jun 2015 at 00:49

http://www.rosebikes.com/helper/framesizecalculator
or
http://www.competitivecyclist.com/Store/catalog/fitCalculatorBike.jsp

maklabouhlel · 24 Jun 2015 at 01:47

It's just that according to the Rose guide, I was in between 51 and 53. When I sent Rose an email, they said I was a 57 and hence the confusion.

Shamrock · 24 Jun 2015 at 08:37

I'd size down if you are between sizes. Easier to adjust a smaller frame up by raising the seat post and getting a longer stem than it is to shrink a frame that's too big, meaning you can't lower the seat post and have to have a chode stem.

Eliot · 24 Jun 2015 at 09:43

rose sizes are strange,
Mine is a 61 and i'm 6'3 but if you look at the sizing of a "61"cm frame there is no measurement on it that is 61cm.

a 57 sounds right to me as if you look at the sizing it's more like a 55cm.

booyaka · 24 Jun 2015 at 09:56

Eliot said:
rose sizes are strange,
Mine is a 61 and i'm 6'3 but if you look at the sizing of a "61"cm frame there is no measurement on it that is 61cm.

a 57 sounds right to me as if you look at the sizing it's more like a 55cm.

hmmmm - got me thinking now. I've ordered 59cm CGF 3100 Di2, and I'm 6ft3.

When I used the calculator it was flicking between 59 and 62cm frame sizes but I thought better going for smaller one (my CAAD8 is 58cm) and I can put a longer stem/seat back etc. Pretty sure they have a swap out option should it be the wrong size. (30 days)