Iron Man

Today I pedaled around on my new acquisition, A Schwinn World Tourist.   Last year my daughter and I stopped at a rummage sale, and a dark red World Tourist was for sale for 75.00.  Lacking the cash on my person and unsure if it was the style I would like; we had to pass it up.  I regretted it since.  Last week, on the way to the bike shop, we passed the same road that held the rummage sale.  Having revisited this road before for other rummage sales in the hopes of it being the same house and then being someone else, I had my doubts.  So we ventured in again.  Sure enough it was the right one, and there sat the bike, for 50 this time.  I offered 40, and they accepted, we loaded up and returned to our journey to the bike shop.

Bicycle Fit-The Great Debate

After pouring over websites and forums for years, one constant thread of debate hangs among them all.  How to fit a bicycle.  The geometry of a bicycle is far more complex than it appears.  Length and positioning of each tube affects the final outcome of the total bikes geometry.  A few millimeters in the position or angle of the head tube, or down tube and it can change the overall geometry and how it will fit.  Angles alone can make the lengths of the frames tubing become an inaccurate way to determine the fit.  A 22" seat tube on a ten speed may be a good height for you, but on a mountain or cruiser frame, may make it awkward or uncomfortable.  Fitting methods are simply a way to simplify the immense diversity in frame measurements to average body types.

My Crude Frame Diagram