I would like to buy a 29 inch wheeled high spec mountain bike but my inside leg is only 29 inches. I think the only options may be the KTM Macina race (frame size 430mm) or the Focus Jarifa offroad Premium XLS (frame size 420). Most other bikes I have seen e.g. Haibike Xduro RC 29, smallest frame size is 450mm which are too big. Most non electric bikes go down to frame size 16 inches, but not electric.
On my current bike a 17 inch rockhopper I have about 0.5inch clearance from the top tube. I tried a 17.5 (444mm) inch frame rockhopper 29R in a shop and I had no clearance and was virtually sitting on the frame.
As it's impossible to try the bikes mentioned above for size, no one in the UK seems to have one, I wondered if anyone has experience of 29R bike sizes verses leg length.
On my current bike a 17 inch rockhopper I have about 0.5inch clearance from the top tube. I tried a 17.5 (444mm) inch frame rockhopper 29R in a shop and I had no clearance and was virtually sitting on the frame.
As it's impossible to try the bikes mentioned above for size, no one in the UK seems to have one, I wondered if anyone has experience of 29R bike sizes verses leg length.