[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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[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.

[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.

[SDadi]

So Small it is!

So Small it is!

Ordered Small 🙂

Thank you all!

[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.

[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. 

[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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