Your height and PBH?

[hypnos]

Sorry if this has been covered before in another thread, but my search was fruitless. I have always had the impression that my legs are long for my height. So, for those who happen to be 5'10" (or anyone else for that matter), what is your height/PBH?

[rnhood]

6'2", 92cm.

[dave thompson]

5'11" with a PBH of 88CM.

[stevep]

5'9"
86.5

[TimD]

Just kidding :)

[pale scotsman]

6'2" and 90.5cm

[Cary Ford]

What the hell's PBH?

[ispy]

Height: 5'-9.5"
PBH: 84cm

[mike p]

What the hell's PBH?

+1

Mike

[Andreas]

What the hell's PBH?

Pubic Bone Height



5'11 87cm

Close enough to Dave Thompson - first dibs on all his bike sales :D

[hypnos]

Sorry!!!

PBH = pubic bone height

[onekgguy]

6'0" / 91.1 inseam

Kevin g

[Len J]

6'0" 88cm

Len

[gdw]

5'10" / 82cm

[Bud]

182.9cm and 90cm (now that I know what PBH means)

[dave thompson]

Pubic Bone Height



5'11 87cm

Close enough to Dave Thompson - first dibs on all his bike sales :D
Take a number! :p

[SFA]

174 cm (5' 8.5"), 86 cm (33.9")

[jthurow]

6'4ish(194cm) / 90cm

jimi

[soulspinner]

5-10
85pbh
short arms( fitted at 55x54c-c110 stem)

[GregLR]

5' 11.5" 90cm

[dbrk]

5'9.5"/85.5cm PBH

If you apply the basic formula of Daniel Rebour, it's PBH-25cm = frame size center to top of the top tube. This bears little on modern standards but if you look at a Singer, Herse, or Toei, the bikes are still fit this way and the bikes are designed for this kind of sizing. Modern bikes are fit far smaller and designed differently, plus many (most?) here will think it doesn't make sense to ride a frame this large. 'Makes perfect sense to me.

dbrk

p.s. It is very common to see a 60cm Singer with a 57cm top tube. Lower saddle/bar drop means the effective top tube is shorter.

[dirtdigger88]

6' 1" 91cm PBH :D

jason

[FierteTi52]

I'm short 5"7" PBH 78.5cm, 78.5cm - 25cm = 53.5" frame size. Close, I ride a 52cm frame
Jeff

[Bittersweet]

195cm/97cm

[R2D2]

5'11" 85cm

[rpm]

5'11.5" 92.5 cm pbh 84 cm saddle top to spindle

[dbrk]

Can I add a variable, because I find it interesting how low in the saddle many folks ride. Saddle height in relation to PBH is often -10cm but I tend to ride more like -9cm. So with my 85.3ishcm PBH I ride at 76.3cm, a number that moves about a bit because I ride five or six bikes with SPD-L and the rest in clipsn'straps. Some of this saddle height is pedaling style, mine decidedly toe down rather than really round and flat.

dbrk

[thwart]

5 ft 10.5 in.

PBH 85 cm.

[AgilisMerlin]

5' 9"
31" banana :banana: republic inseam - stock

favourite food: mixed nuts, roasted and salted


amerliN

[Loro_tomas]

1.76 mts(5' 9.2") / 86 cm

[TimD]

What the hell's PBH?

No, it is pavement to b@ll height. To reiterate, 76", 0.75", and just kidding!

[shinomaster]

Sorry!!!

PBH = pubic bone height

Fully aroused? :banana:

[manet]

shy of 5'11''
pubic bruised height 87/88

[H.Frank Beshear]

6'1" and a bit. pbh 90cm

[Louis]

H = 6'0" (183 cm)
PBH = 91.6 cm (36.1 ")

Long legs, short torso = 60 c-c ST; short TT (58.5 or less, if I can find it, custom down around 56)

Louis

[djg]

That's a bit personal innit?

Hair over 5'8" (used to be a few more hairs). PB is about 83 cm.

[C5 Golfer]

Being I are an enginer I am soomwat canfuzed by the inch andmetric answers
so i lected to give both and mix so none is confuzed.

190.5 CM tall x 36" PBH
6'3" high x 91.44cm PBH
6'3" long x 36" PBH
some may give it this way if from certain states
5' 15" tall x 3' PBH :bike: :bike:

[Tailwinds]

This is odd, so why not?

5'7"
PBH = 32.25"

[93legendti]

Can I add a variable, because I find it interesting how low in the saddle many folks ride. Saddle height in relation to PBH is often -10cm but I tend to ride more like -9cm. So with my 85.3ishcm PBH I ride at 76.3cm, a number that moves about a bit because I ride five or six bikes with SPD-L and the rest in clipsn'straps. Some of this saddle height is pedaling style, mine decidedly toe down rather than really round and flat.

dbrk

It's interesting to hear that formula re: about saddle height. My saddle height and PBH difference is about the same as yours.

5'6", PBH 81cm, saddle height 71.5cm.

[Ginger]

Yeah Amanda...we're really not part of the sample...but

5'6"
pbh: 80.5


Odd thing is pbh was around 83 before my three knee surgeries, ankle surgery, and hip surgery. Maybe that's not so odd...

[big shanty]

5'9.5"/85.5cm PBH

If you apply the basic formula of Daniel Rebour, it's PBH-25cm = frame size center to top of the top tube. This bears little on modern standards but if you look at a Singer, Herse, or Toei, the bikes are still fit this way and the bikes are designed for this kind of sizing. Modern bikes are fit far smaller and designed differently, plus many (most?) here will think it doesn't make sense to ride a frame this large. 'Makes perfect sense to me.

dbrk

p.s. It is very common to see a 60cm Singer with a 57cm top tube. Lower saddle/bar drop means the effective top tube is shorter.

Height 6'4", PBH ~91 cm. Using this formula, I'd ride a 66. I have a giant old "tres French" (Steve H's words) Fuji Royale fixed gear that is a 69!!! It is workable because I have the seat jacked down with no post showing....and a very long torso, which works w/ the 60cm top tube and a super short extension technomic. I think a 66cm Herse would be nice!!! Are they out there?! I expect I would achieve similar fit on such a big frame, but it would look considerably less goofy because it would allow for more than 1/2 cm seatpost and 7 cm stem, like I have on the old 6-niner!

[Xyzzy]

No idea what all that metric gibberish is.

72" tall
34" pbh
30" seat top to bb spindle

+- .25", this ain't rocket science.

[Ray]

Semi-interesting. I always thought I had relatively long legs, but among this sample, they seem to be somewhat on the short side.

5'11"
86cm

-Ray

[Dave]

168cm (5'-6"), 83cm

Saddle height 73cm.

[Adam]

5'7"

PBH 83cm

saddle height 73cm

Adam

[Ti Designs]

My height and PBH are about the same. Some say it's 'cause I have my head up my a$$...

[jlyon]

Does that mean you can sit on your seat and have both feet flat on the ground? :bike:

[BumpyintheBurgh]

So who do you get to measure your PBH and how long does she take?

[gt6267a]

This is odd, so why not?

5'7"
PBH = 32.25"

me too

[PeterW]

I'm a bit of a freak, I guess. Short legs, long torso, medium arms.

6'1"
86 cm

Prefer less setback and a longer TT than stock.

[Climb01742]

5'11"
86cm
saddle height: 76.5cm
but another piece of the puzzle is length of thigh/femur. setback impacts saddle height for a given PBH, yes?

[djg]

Being I are an enginer I am soomwat canfuzed by the inch andmetric answers
so i lected to give both and mix

Hey, what's it like working at NASA?

[sc53]

Ginger and Tailwinds, you have much longer legs than I do :(
5'6" and 77 cm.

[MarleyMon]

Ht: 169.5 cm
Pbh: 78 cm
Saddle top to BB ctr: 71.8 cm

[Erik.Lazdins]

PBH - 89cm
Height 6ft 3.75 inches
Saddle height 80.5cm

[NateM]

5"10"and shrinking
PBH-86cm
Saddle Hgt 76cm

[manet]

5'11"
86cm
saddle height: 76.5cm
but another piece of the puzzle is length of thigh/femur. setback impacts saddle height for a given PBH, yes?

... foot(s) length too

[Dave B]

How do you measure PBH, is there where you straddle a stick and pull it up into your throat?

Then multiply it by .883 or somethign to find your "optimal" saddle height?

[hypnos]

Thanks for all the responses. Standing 70" with a PBH of 87.5cm seems to indicate that my legs are slightly long for my height.

[tys]

5'9.5"/85.5cm PBH


Me Too. Dibs on dbrk's bikes!!
:banana:

[Ken Robb]

6'1 and 90cm. unless the fitter is really cute.

[Fivethumbs]

6'3", 93cm
Saddle height - 81cm.

[cdp]

6' / 88 cm