Inseam - Bike Forums How exactly did you measure your inseam? Competetive cyclist recommends: Wear your cycling shorts, and take the measurements in bare feet Set your feet approximately 8" apart and straddle a straight edge - something like a square or a 2" level is ideal Put as much pressure on your crotch as you feel when sitting on your bike seat
Bike Forums - View Single Post - how to measure inseam for cycling "Actual" inseam is from crotch to floor "Clothing" inseam is usually shorter as pants are supposed to "break" on the top of the foot and come down to about an inch above the floor in the back, so as not to drag on the ground if your jeans are an inch longer than your actual inseam you are rolling your cuffs or walking on them
how to measure inseam for cycling - Bike Forums General Cycling Discussion - how to measure inseam for cycling - A lot of bike brands as for height and inseam when sizing a bike Some sites say from from crotch to floor While others say to your ankle That's going to give two very different answers
Measuring cycling inseam? Which method is best? - Bike Forums General Cycling Discussion - Measuring cycling inseam? Which method is best? - I measured my own cycling inseam using the "standard" method of standing barefoot against a wall, wedging a large-ish hardback book firmly into my crotch, marking the position of the top edge and measuring its height
Trek FX need help choosing correct size - Bike Forums Me and my wife are planning on getting a pair of Trek FX bikes (WSD for her) We are complete newbies These are our measurements: Me: 6'1 tall with a 33" inseam Wife: 5'3 tall with a 29" inseam The dealer only sells the FX line by customer requests so there's no way to try them before buying them The guy at the shop did not measure us at all and quickly recommended a 15" for her and a 20
Tried-and-true method of measuring inseam ?? - Bike Forums Good evening, It seems there are a few ways to measure your inseam (to discern frame size) Some methods ask for measuring while wearing the (potential) bicycle shoes, other methods ask for measuring while barefooted And some methods are not clear about how wide to keep your feet apart while measuring inseam Is there a "tried-and-true" method of measuring inseam? Thank you in advance!!
Bike Forums - Big difference in crank length between trainer and real bike I have inseam length of 83 cm and crank calculators tell me I should use 170 mm crank I have 170 mm crank length on my real bike (sounds good right??) But on my stationary indoor bike trainer, the crank length is only 145 mm Everything else fit-wise is identical and I spend roughly the same amount of time on the trainer as on the real bike per week However, it seems I can hold more intense
How do you measure your inseam? - Bike Forums You trying to measure your inseam or check for stand-over height? If it's the latter, put your shoes on, feet shoulder width apart, floor to junk, as others have pointed out
Stand over height: measure up to crotch or pubic bone? Stand over height: measure up to the jewels or pubic bone? Lots of threads on stand over height but no conclusive reasoning whether to measure it up to the family jewels or the pubic bone Family jewels makes sense because as pointed out before, they are possibly the first to contact the top frame should you need to dismount quickly