575 frame size...advises please!!!!!!!

I'm right there with you...pretty much the same measurements and I went back and forth between small and medium. The owner of the local Yeti dealer said small would be good for me while the Yeti demo dude said medium would be best for me. The small felt a lil' too small cockpit wise and I had to really jacket the seat up so that I would feel "right" on it while the medium felt more XC'ish than upright. The Yeti demo dude watched me for a bit while riding around in the parking lot on both a small and medium and said that I would be more comfortable on a medium and that adding a longer stem on a small would affect the handling. My medium has a 100mm stem on it.

I was a bit concerned about the handling of a medium when going down technical (rocky, rooty, tight) terrain, but to my suprise I was able to flick it around with ease. Definately didn't feel like I was drivign a dumptruck through a slalom course.

I'd say your best bet is to just ride both of them as much as you can before plunking down your hard earned $.

Nick

medium

Jingleman said:

Hi....I am considering the 575 frame to build my new enduro bike..My concern is about size..I am between 5-7" and 5-8"..just in in the middle of the S(17,5) and M(18,5) in the Yeti sizing chart..What would you suggest ?Thanks a lot..
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Hi,
One thing you might want to consider is being in the middle of the bike would give you the best performance. If you get a small and put a 110 stem and a laid back seat post then you might want to jump up to the medium (the 575 tends to run a smaller cockpit than most other bikes). I am 5'7" and have a 29in inseam my bike before the 575 was a Psycle Werks Wildhare size XS and had to use a 110 stem and laid back seat post to get me comfortable on the bike this put my weight to far over the back tire and made my bike wander in the front on climbs. My local bike shop measured the distance from my seat to the stem and then fit me to a Med. 575 which puts me right in the middle of the bike (with a 100mm stem and Gravity Dropper seatpost) for better climbing and better handling and all day riding. However for steep and rocky descents I sometime wonder if a small would have been better because with a small bike you can throw the frame around a bit for technical situations. Also I was used to 9 in's of seat post coming out of my frame and not 6in. like I have now so asthetically it is taking some getting used to I sometime wonder if the bike was too big. But when I ride it all my doubts are washed away as I have plenty of standover height and the handling and climbing so much better than my XS Wildhare and Sm Gemini. The Yeti rep. said that I could have gone either way with the sizing but said the bike shop did the right thing in fitting me in the middle of the bike.

philip