Looking for a new bike? Chris Froome's 2012 Team Sky Pinarello up for sale on eBay

'I don't think you can criticise someone for selling their own legitimately obtained possession to someone for a price they are prepared to pay? That's hardly a question of "decency".'

This. Very much so. It's yours - you do with it what you want. Ride it, burn it, drive your car over it, sell it. It's not up to anyone else, sour grapes or not.

There's possibly some confusion over how frames are measured and sizes are published. I'm relating to the traditional horizontal top-tube "standard" and centre-to-centre) bottom bracket to top tube) distance.

Frames with sloped top tubes are often given variably "virtual" sizes (to relate to that old "standard") or sometimes just some mysterious made-up measure that only relates to that manufacturer (or perhaps only that particular model).

I certainly understand that people can have height apportioned differently - long legs, short legs, equal, etc, - but in my experience, small frames have both shorter seat tubes *and* shorter top tubes. So if (as reported) some people are over 6' tall and riding 56 cm frames, I can only imagine they have one heck of a seatpost extension (to accommodate long legs) or a stem extended way out - or arms like a Tyrannosaurus.

I'm only 6'2", but if I rode a "stock" 56cm (in traditional measure) my knees would hit the bars on turns.

Congratulations to Jaxf for giving it all to charity. If you can afford to it's a lovely gesture.

I wouldn't dream of criticising those that have circumstances that meant they couldn't afford to do the same. It may be need not greed.

Just to clarify. If it's Froome's 2012 bike surely it can't be classed as a 'team' bike? You'll find it just leaps forward on climbs of it's own accord leaving your team mates in the dust.

It would be interesting to see a comparison of pro riders body measurements (legs/torso/arms) and the frames and fittings they ride.

Oo - oo - my bottle cages are made by the same people who made the ones on this bike........

......and that sadly, dear readers, is where the comparison ends.

ps i am 6ft and ride a 54 (i have long body and short stumpy legs) so 56 sounds exactly right. In my opinion.

pps chapeau to jaxf - you are a wonderful human being

6'1" on a 56cm? I guess that's either a long torso or the Tom Cruise method of height measurement

best first post ever

Finally, someone who has won a Sky bike, that doesn't fit or they didn't want with an ounce of decency about them and not focused on greed.

All the others that have come up, you have seen my reaction to that, competition prizes being sold for LOTS of money for the winner, who wasn't interested in the bike in the first place.

This one is different, it is going to charity, good on you.

Well done for making it a charity donation, I wouldn't keep it either, other than the tyres, only because I don't fancy it, I'm not very generous.

Finally, if this is Mr Froome's 'number 2' bike.....he wasn't squatting in a field in Yorkshire last week perchance?

Good on you jaxf and shame on RoadCC for referring to you as "He"

Good on him. That's a big charity donation when he has no obligation to.

I can understand people selling a competition prize on it's difficult to justify having a bike worth that much when other aspects are financially tight (however, I wouldn't. Maybe there should be some kind of clause about not selling it for a profit for a few years?). For me it'd be amazing to have a bike there's no way i'd ever be able to afford!

If my numbers come up tonight, I might have a cheeky bid on that.

I've not figured it out how yet, but someone will find a way of making this seem like "a bad thing".