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Bike Size – Confused!

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  • March 25, 2021 at 11:10 am #31523
    SDadi

    Hi All,
    I’m newbie to this form and getting back to cycling after 20yrs to get fitter. Once situation gets better and offices open, I would like to bike once a week to work – 25miles altogether.

    I am almost convinced that I would go for Boardman URB 8.9. However, I am confused as the frame size suitability given on website contradicts to advice I got from Halfords sales person.

    I’m 167cms/5’6″ – with inside leg of 75cms/30″.

    Boardman site says:
    Small for height range 170 – 179 cm and inseam between 74 – 82 cm
    Medium for height range 177 – 183 cm and inseam between 78 – 85 cm

    Should I go with site and take ‘Small’ or go with ‘Halfords’ advice and take Medium.

    I tried 2 Halford stores, none have Medium and Small in store to try on.

    Can you please give your expert advice?

    Thanks,
    S Dadi.

    P.S: URB have flat handle bar.

     

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  • April 1, 2021 at 6:03 am #978435
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    matthewn5

    Good, you can always add a

    Good, you can always add a longer stem if it feels a bit short, but a frame that’s too large is a problem.

    March 28, 2021 at 2:49 pm #978433
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    Judge dreadful
    half_wheel79 wrote:
    Go for the small, Boardmans come up quite large. I’m 175cm with an 82cm inside leg and I’d still be on a small. 

    I agree, I went for a large sized Boardman road bike in about 2014, and it was really large, and I bought a Large size Hybrid in 2015, and that was also very much at the top end of what I’d consider ‘large’. They weren’t so bad that I couldn’t get a good fit, but they certainly seem to size their frames generously.

    March 25, 2021 at 8:46 pm #978431
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    SDadi

    So Small it is!

    So Small it is!

    Ordered Small đŸ™‚

    Thank you all!

    March 25, 2021 at 2:39 pm #978429
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    Sriracha

    Go straddle the bike in
    Go straddle the bike in Halfords – that’s the benefit of an actual bricks & mortar retailer over all the web-tailers. And yes, a friend bought the last Boardman HYB 8.9E Womens Hybrid Electric Bike in the country, on spec she is at least 3 inches into the medium size height range, but can only just straddle the cross bar without damaging herself. Small would have been far better.

    March 25, 2021 at 1:28 pm #978427
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    half_wheel79

    Go for the small, Boardmans

    Go for the small, Boardmans come up quite large. I’m 175cm with an 82cm inside leg and I’d still be on a small. 

    March 25, 2021 at 11:43 am #978425
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    EddyBerckx

    I’d be very wary of getting

    I’d be very wary of getting medium tbh. Halfords don’t have a great reputation for knowledgable sales staff – though it does vary wildly between stores.

    I’d contact Boardman direct if I was you and ask them, I’d be suprised if their sizing was that out (unless info on the halfords website is wrong) 

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