
Originally Posted by
MartianDestiny
My inseam without shoes on looks like ~28.5-28.75 inches (I just measured that myself, which you should never do...).
FWIW, actually you can measure your own standover inseam easily and accurately (unlike most other body measurements). Plus you have the benefit of NOT showing the guys at the LBS how much flesh there is in your crotch!
- inseam is totally my least favorite measurement at the LBS, and that's exactly why. 
Just as always, you'll measure your standover inseam by pulling a bar, roughly the diameter of your bike's top tube, up into your crotch until it hits your pubic bone. A short piece of 1" PVC pipe is good. Duct-tape an erasable magic marker to one end of the bar. Stand on a hard surface, not carpet, at about a 45° angle to a mirror so you can see that the bar is level. Turn the bar so that the end of the magic marker is level with the top of the bar. If you want to be super-accurate, tape a small bubble level across the front of the bar and the magic marker. Then you don't have to use a mirror, but either use a plate glass door or tape a piece of paper to the wall. Pull the bar up, mark the glass or paper, then measure to the ground!
Last edited by OakLeaf; 06-05-2009 at 03:59 AM.
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