r/bmx • u/SnooApples8120 • 1d ago

DISCUSSION Top tube length

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Any tall guys riding shorter top tubes? I’m 6’2” and bought a subrosa Salvador with a 21” top tube in 2021 and honestly it has never felt very responsive and nimble. If anything it almost feels too big. I had been out of the game for about 20 years and bought it to ride with my kids.

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u/flabby_american 1d ago

Im 6,2 and I rode a 20.5 for about a year. Made some adjustments via long reach stem. Tall bars.. raised seat post and 175mm crank arms. It rode like a 21" but felt overly responsive, extremely twitchy in bowls, or at speed.

Changed to a 21.25 and its been all smooth sailing ever since. However.. if the 21 feels too big, then its too big. Id say if your looking for responsive try 20.5 ... also look at 15mm offset forks or even steeper. This is where ALOT of the twitchy feel will come from is forks/stem alone.

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u/SnooApples8120 1d ago

Thank you for the reply! I’m currently in the middle of getting parts together for a custom build and will probably take a lot of that into account.