Hi there,
Firstly my apologies for my first post being a question - this seemed like the best place to ask after googling for aaaages.
My bf wants to get into mountain biking so I was going to pick him up a bike for xmas. I found a Giant stp 14.5 size which would be perfect but I cannot work out the sizing very well. He has a Merida scultura roadbike with a 52cm frame & by looking at the specs it seems the top tube on the giant is about 4cm longer. Ideally the smaller version would be better but this looks like a great bike & I was wondering if mountain bikes can be a little longer due to their different geometry or if I should just give it away. He's about 5"7.
Some seem to say the bigger frame is better for trails & the smaller better for jumping but I have no idea what I'm doing with this, so if anyone could help out that would be really great.
Thanks
Firstly my apologies for my first post being a question - this seemed like the best place to ask after googling for aaaages.
My bf wants to get into mountain biking so I was going to pick him up a bike for xmas. I found a Giant stp 14.5 size which would be perfect but I cannot work out the sizing very well. He has a Merida scultura roadbike with a 52cm frame & by looking at the specs it seems the top tube on the giant is about 4cm longer. Ideally the smaller version would be better but this looks like a great bike & I was wondering if mountain bikes can be a little longer due to their different geometry or if I should just give it away. He's about 5"7.
Some seem to say the bigger frame is better for trails & the smaller better for jumping but I have no idea what I'm doing with this, so if anyone could help out that would be really great.
Thanks