Now run the measuring tape up your seat tube.
Mens bike frame size guide.
When searching online for advice about bike sizing you will.
It is fairly simple.
49 cm road bike.
It should be something around 30 but don t.
A quick guide to sizing your bike frame.
If it is just the frame this will be the center point in the bottom bracket shell.
Imagine your leg inseam is 74cm then the best frame sizes for you are.
Sizing varies greatly between road and mountain bikes as well as between men s and women s models and even between individual manufacturers.
To find the correct sized bike you will need to measure your height and your inside leg.
Lean to the wall with your elbow sitting on the bike or let someone help you as shown on the picture but your leg to lowest point but parallel to the ground.
When you reach the end of the seat tube you have your frame size.
That s not true of mountain bikes where the frame size is usually marked s m l etc.
That s a system used for some road bikes too.
For your height stand against a wall and mark the wall with a pencil so it s level with the top of your head.
51 cm mountain bike.
Then measure from the ground up to the mark having someone to help might make this easier.
Merida s road bikes go through s s m m l and l.
Hybrid bike inseam in cm x 0 685 your frame size mountain bike inseam in cm x 0 66 your frame size road bike inseam in cm x 0 70 your frame size.
Bike frame sizes are measured in the same way for all styles of bicycle.