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 johnr@bohra.cpg.oz.au (John Reid) writes:

>seanodon@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Aragorn) writes:

>>Ok guys, keep all of your "damn this guy is dumb" comments to yourselves when
>>you read my question.

>>I am 5'7", what range of frame sizes would be
>>comfortable for me?

>The answer to your question is going to depend on a number of things.

>2. There are two ways of measuring frame sizes. The French and the English
>   measure the length of the seat tube fron the centre of the bottom
>   bracket to the centre of the top tube. The Italians measure from the top
>   of the bottom bracket to the bottom of the top tube. This makes a
>   difference of about 2cm in nominal size for the same physical
>   dimensions of the frame. So, a French-made 59cm frame is about the same
>   size as an Italian-made 57 cm frame. What this means in practice for
>   you is that you need to be careful about sizing. Check where the frame

>John Reid
i
I thought the Italian way was center of BB to top of top tube (c-t). I never
thought it made sense but does some nationality do this?

MJG