Hello to all:
I'm a little less than 5' 8" tall and my inseam is around 31 (1,72 m and 78 cm respectively). I ordered an Avalanche 2.0 2007 in medium size, but there was a confussion at the shop, and finally realized that the bike I brought home was small size in fact.
At the shop, the owner asked me to mount on the bike and recommended to increase the stem just a bit (around 1 cm). Since I'm new to the mtb world, I felt surprised but didn't understand quite well what was happening. I think they also moved the seat a little back.
The first thing I did when back from the shop was checking the measures, confirm that the bike was small size, and ask on some Spanish mtb forums to get advice. No problem with the shop: they just told me to bring the bike back and wait for another one in medium size. Then, all the replies on the thread that I opened fitted with the shop owner's claim: "What a craze on getting big bikes!" In other words, the guys from the forums advised to get the medium size or, at least, try it before accepting the small. The last option is quite difficult given the circumstances of the purchase.
Now I see people in America is not that way about the sizes, and think that my bike is waiting for me to leave all this confussion behind and start riding
Please, could you help me with this decission? I don't want the top bar become a risk for me, but I'm worried about my feet being so close to the front wheel when moving the handlebar.
Thanks in advance,
Random
PS: My size is 16" (c-to-c) and 17" (c-to-t) according to the Wrenchscience calculator.
I'm a little less than 5' 8" tall and my inseam is around 31 (1,72 m and 78 cm respectively). I ordered an Avalanche 2.0 2007 in medium size, but there was a confussion at the shop, and finally realized that the bike I brought home was small size in fact.
At the shop, the owner asked me to mount on the bike and recommended to increase the stem just a bit (around 1 cm). Since I'm new to the mtb world, I felt surprised but didn't understand quite well what was happening. I think they also moved the seat a little back.
The first thing I did when back from the shop was checking the measures, confirm that the bike was small size, and ask on some Spanish mtb forums to get advice. No problem with the shop: they just told me to bring the bike back and wait for another one in medium size. Then, all the replies on the thread that I opened fitted with the shop owner's claim: "What a craze on getting big bikes!" In other words, the guys from the forums advised to get the medium size or, at least, try it before accepting the small. The last option is quite difficult given the circumstances of the purchase.
Now I see people in America is not that way about the sizes, and think that my bike is waiting for me to leave all this confussion behind and start riding
Please, could you help me with this decission? I don't want the top bar become a risk for me, but I'm worried about my feet being so close to the front wheel when moving the handlebar.
Thanks in advance,
Random
PS: My size is 16" (c-to-c) and 17" (c-to-t) according to the Wrenchscience calculator.
