View Full Version : Your height and PBH?
hypnos
02-26-2007, 05:47 PM
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
02-26-2007, 05:52 PM
6'2", 92cm.
dave thompson
02-26-2007, 05:54 PM
5'11" with a PBH of 88CM.
stevep
02-26-2007, 05:57 PM
5'9"
86.5
pale scotsman
02-26-2007, 06:04 PM
6'2" and 90.5cm
Cary Ford
02-26-2007, 06:06 PM
What the hell's PBH?
Height: 5'-9.5"
PBH: 84cm
mike p
02-26-2007, 06:13 PM
What the hell's PBH?
+1
Mike
Andreas
02-26-2007, 06:17 PM
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
02-26-2007, 06:18 PM
Sorry!!!
PBH = pubic bone height
onekgguy
02-26-2007, 06:28 PM
6'0" / 91.1 inseam
Kevin g
Len J
02-26-2007, 06:35 PM
6'0" 88cm
Len
182.9cm and 90cm (now that I know what PBH means)
dave thompson
02-26-2007, 06:41 PM
Pubic Bone Height
5'11 87cm
Close enough to Dave Thompson - first dibs on all his bike sales :D
Take a number! :p
174 cm (5' 8.5"), 86 cm (33.9")
jthurow
02-26-2007, 06:43 PM
6'4ish(194cm) / 90cm
jimi
soulspinner
02-26-2007, 07:03 PM
5-10
85pbh
short arms( fitted at 55x54c-c110 stem)
GregLR
02-26-2007, 07:25 PM
5' 11.5" 90cm
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
02-26-2007, 07:39 PM
6' 1" 91cm PBH :D
jason
FierteTi52
02-26-2007, 07:39 PM
I'm short 5"7" PBH 78.5cm, 78.5cm - 25cm = 53.5" frame size. Close, I ride a 52cm frame
Jeff
Bittersweet
02-26-2007, 07:55 PM
195cm/97cm
5'11.5" 92.5 cm pbh 84 cm saddle top to spindle
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
02-26-2007, 08:23 PM
5 ft 10.5 in.
PBH 85 cm.
AgilisMerlin
02-26-2007, 08:30 PM
5' 9"
31" banana :banana: republic inseam - stock
favourite food: mixed nuts, roasted and salted
amerliN
Loro_tomas
02-26-2007, 08:31 PM
1.76 mts(5' 9.2") / 86 cm
What the hell's PBH?
No, it is pavement to b@ll height. To reiterate, 76", 0.75", and just kidding!
shinomaster
02-26-2007, 08:53 PM
Sorry!!!
PBH = pubic bone height
Fully aroused? :banana:
manet
02-26-2007, 08:57 PM
shy of 5'11''
pubic bruised height 87/88
H.Frank Beshear
02-26-2007, 09:08 PM
6'1" and a bit. pbh 90cm
Louis
02-26-2007, 09:15 PM
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
That's a bit personal innit?
Hair over 5'8" (used to be a few more hairs). PB is about 83 cm.
C5 Golfer
02-26-2007, 10:11 PM
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
02-26-2007, 10:34 PM
This is odd, so why not?
5'7"
PBH = 32.25"
93legendti
02-26-2007, 11:07 PM
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
02-26-2007, 11:15 PM
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
02-26-2007, 11:31 PM
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
02-27-2007, 04:25 AM
No idea what all that metric gibberish is.
72" tall
34" pbh
30" seat top to bb spindle
+- .25", this ain't rocket science.
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
168cm (5'-6"), 83cm
Saddle height 73cm.
5'7"
PBH 83cm
saddle height 73cm
Adam
Ti Designs
02-27-2007, 08:06 AM
My height and PBH are about the same. Some say it's 'cause I have my head up my a$$...
jlyon
02-27-2007, 08:08 AM
Does that mean you can sit on your seat and have both feet flat on the ground? :bike:
BumpyintheBurgh
02-27-2007, 08:11 AM
So who do you get to measure your PBH and how long does she take?
gt6267a
02-27-2007, 08:16 AM
This is odd, so why not?
5'7"
PBH = 32.25"
me too
PeterW
02-27-2007, 08:19 AM
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
02-27-2007, 08:27 AM
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?
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?
Ginger and Tailwinds, you have much longer legs than I do :(
5'6" and 77 cm.
MarleyMon
02-27-2007, 09:26 AM
Ht: 169.5 cm
Pbh: 78 cm
Saddle top to BB ctr: 71.8 cm
Erik.Lazdins
02-27-2007, 09:39 AM
PBH - 89cm
Height 6ft 3.75 inches
Saddle height 80.5cm
NateM
02-27-2007, 10:41 AM
5"10"and shrinking
PBH-86cm
Saddle Hgt 76cm
manet
02-27-2007, 10:44 AM
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
02-27-2007, 11:21 AM
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
02-27-2007, 02:56 PM
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.
5'9.5"/85.5cm PBH
Me Too. Dibs on dbrk's bikes!!
:banana:
Ken Robb
03-29-2007, 09:29 PM
6'1 and 90cm. unless the fitter is really cute.
Fivethumbs
03-30-2007, 12:42 AM
6'3", 93cm
Saddle height - 81cm.
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