based on a comment that Kathi made about buying a mtn bike based on how a road bike fit, I was very curious and asked a pal of mine who is a custom frame builder about this.


That's why I was looking at Titus. Their smaller frame geometry is similiar to my road bike frame
anyway, I asked Mark Hickey of Habanero Cycles
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> if you have a road bike that fits you, can that be translated at all into
> mountain bike fit?"

his reply is,
There is no absolute way to correlate the two positions, since
there is a wide variation between what different people consider
"proper positions" on a bike.

That said, I've had very good success fitting roadies on MTBs and
MTBers on road bikes by using typical road/MTB fit relationships
(based on experienced riders who go both ways). I factor in the
type of riding they'll be doing (lower, longer if it's all fire
roads on the MTB, for example), their experience level, and any
physiological issues (back problems, flexibility, etc.). Then I
sacrifice a chicken...


I just thought this was interesting.

Irulan