Bike sizing

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I'm looking at possibly buying a bike that's the next size up from what I should probably be on, I'm just over 5'10 in the old money and the bike is an XL. Reach is 485, I'm currently on a bike with about 450 and it feels slightly too small. I'm wondering if any of you guys have had any similar experiences and ended up going up a size and how it felt etc. Unfortunately the potential new bike is interstate so I can't test it out.
Would a stem change and moving the seat forward etc. work? Can you tell I'm trying to talk myself into it?

cheers

 

[creaky]

What bikes are you comparing. Reach isn’t the only thing to consider so pop up the geometry numbers for the current one and potential new one.

 

[Daniel Hale]

Most XL frames are for 6"+, not sure even with stem change it will fit, unless it's older school with shorter tt

 

[sc.]

At the moment I'm on a medium Honzo ST and it's a little cramped https://2018.konaworld.com/honzo_st_frame.cfm

The bike I'm looking at is another Kona, a 2015 Process 134 XL https://2015.konaworld.com/process_134a_dl.cfm

I had a quick ride of a mates new Commencal Meta TR29 XL yesterday and it didn't feel as big as I thought it would, I wouldn't want to ride it often though.

 

[Paulie_AU]

I am 175cm and have a 485mm reach bike on order for my next. Does it have the seat tube angle to give correct ett?

 

[downunderdallas]

I'm a similar height but with short legs seattube length is my biggest problem, but at 465 I could ride the Kona but wouldn't get too much drop on the dropper.

 

[sc.]

I am 175cm and have a 485mm reach bike on order for my next. Does it have the seat tube angle to give correct ett?

Interesting, what are the other numbers like mate?

Seat tube angle on the current bike is 74.5 and the potential bike is 74.

 

[Paulie_AU]

77.7 sta or there abouts

 

[droenn]

I find a L 2016 Kona Process 153 with 460 reach (ETT 629, Stack 605 and standover 665) on the upper end of OK for me, at 5'10 (on a good day)

 

[sc.]

I find a L 2016 Kona Process 153 with 460 reach (ETT 629, Stack 605 and standover 665) on the upper end of OK for me, at 5'10 (on a good day)

Thanks mate, I have a feeling that may be the same for me.

 

[tubby74]

5'10 with a 31.5 inseam, so slightly shorter legs than normal for the height. Went from an 18.8 sized kona with 450mm reach/610ETT to a large marin (456/638) . On the kona I was always putting the seat back as far as I could in the rails, though also shortened the roadie length stem it came with. The big issue for me was then the ability to pedal many large bikes, so the 450 seat tube was a win.

 

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5'10 with a 31.5 inseam, so slightly shorter legs than normal for the height. Went from an 18.8 sized kona with 450mm reach/610ETT to a large marin (456/638) . On the kona I was always putting the seat back as far as I could in the rails, though also shortened the roadie length stem it came with. The big issue for me was then the ability to pedal many large bikes, so the 450 seat tube was a win.

Thanks for the info mate, I think I've decided against the XL and I'll look for something more suitable.