How to Measure Road Bike Frame Size

Introduction

Bicycles are measured using the size of the frame. The size of the bike frame is defined with how

long the tube is and the vertical parts that support seat post assembly and the seat. What makes a

bike more comfortable in choosing the bike that fits you properly which gives you good control

of the bike. If your height is between five feet and eight inches and six feet tall, you are likely to

fit properly on an eighteen-inch bike. However, if you are shorter than this then you need to try a

bike that is sixteen inches. Otherwise, for those taller people, they need to use a bike that is

twenty inches.

Steps on measuring the frame of a bike

 Step one; you need to locate the top of the seat from the frame tube. This is the part that

joins the seat and enters on the bike frame. The seat is the position in the bike where the

topmost part connects with the frame tube.

 Step two; you need to find the bottom bracket of the bike. The bottom bracket is the

bottom part of the frame tube which is cylindrical and is connected to the tube frame.

 Step three; you now need to measure from the point where the seat connects with the tube

to the center of the cylindrical bracket at the bottom where it connects the frame tube.

That is the measurement that determines the size of the bike frame.

 Step four; you can convert your measurement if need be. The measurement can be in

inches or millimeters. This can be done mathematically and you can be able to obtain the

actual measurements of the bike. This can look like a tedious exercise but is one of the

best ways to measure the bike frame size.

Measurement by your body height

Another method that u can use to measure the frame size of your bike is by taking your shoes off

and stand next to the bike at about 15 centimeters apart. You can then measure the distance from

the bottom to your crotch. Then you can take measurement equipment like a tape measure and

calculate the size of your bike's frame. For example, if the length measured from the bottom to

the crotch is seventy-six centimeters, then your bike is a twenty-inch bike. This is achieved by

converting these measurements against the right measurement that bike is sized with.

Measuring the head tube length of the bike can determine the size of the frame of the bike. The

head tube of a bike is the front point of a bike. This is the part which the fork is inserted to the

bike through. However, this is the less measurement that can be used to measure the frame size

of a bike, it is also considered too. The head of the bike is what is considered when choosing

what kind of a bike you want to ride. Additionally, this is the easiest kind of bike measurement

as you do measure from the top to the bottom or bottom to top, whichever way you feel its

easiest for you.

Knowing how to measure the size of the frame of a bike and the significance of the measurement

helps you when finding the right kind of road bike you want. There is no monetary value that can

be put on the comfort you get when on a bike. However, when riding a bike and having no

comfort on it will lead to less riding of the bike and lose interest in riding a bike. All this is

contributed by knowing how to measure the size of the frame of a road bike.

Measuring the bike frame by lying down the bike against the tape

Another way of measuring a bike is lying down the bike against the measurement tape. Although

this, the method does sound silly and stupid, it’s one of the easiest ways to measure a bike. The
tape is placed from the point where the seat tube connects to the frame tube to the center of the

pedal of the bike. This method may be a bit easy as you just record the readings then convert

them into inches as required by the measurement of bike frame size.

Measuring bike frame by use of suspensions

You can also measure the size of a bike frame by the use of suspensions. Suspensions are the

newest class of the mountain bike which are equipped at rear and front of the bike. These

suspensions are only fit for a certain kind of a bike according to the bike frame sizes. Identifying

or measuring the suspension size of the bike then you can easily identify the size of the frame of

your bike. This is measured from where the seat tube connects to the frame tube to the point

where the chain tube connects with the center of rear tears. After measuring and recording that

distance, then you can convert it to inches as it is the measurement that is associated with frames

of the bike. When riding a bike is very hard to tell the inseam of that bike as it can be big or

small and can cause so much damage to you.

Conclusion

Bike comfortably is the key issue when riding it. If you ride a bike and you are not comfortable

then it will lead to fewer rides. Knowing how to measure the size of the frame of a bike and the

significance of the measurement helps you when finding the right kind of road bike you want.

There is no monetary value that can be put on the comfort you get when on a bike. However,

when riding a bike and having no comfort on it will lead to less riding of the bike and lose

interest in riding a bike. All this is contributed by knowing how to measure the size of the frame

of a road bike.