What size bike to i need?

Question

I am looking to get a roadbike for riding around town, etc. I am 5'8'' and female

what size bike would i need to get?

Answer 1

Never buy a bike without trying it first. Any good bike shop will let you test the bike to make sure it is the right size for you.

Answer 2

http://www.wobblenaught.com/sizing.asp

Check out the link above, in the lower section of this web page is their ways to determine frame size. in case if it did not link you to that page, I paste it below.  

The only tools needed to size your bike are 1) level or book, 2) a metric tape, and 3) a calculator!

This is a very simple sizing process!!! It takes very little time.

Take your inseam length while standing in your socks with your feet about 4 to 6 inches apart, back against a wall.

Hold your level or book under your crotch (pull up firmly).

Use the tape from the top of the level or book, and measure to the floor.

Read the tape in centimeters.

Multiply the (cm) measurement by .67

Mountain Bikes, subtract 11 cm and round to the lower number, road bikes round to the nearest even cm.

This should roughly be the length of the seat tube on a properly sized frame.

This should give you a good reference point on size, so that you can obtain a precision fit.

Answer 3

get a medium those are 17.5 inches it normally says the size on the frame by the front derailer

Answer 4

A ball park size would be about a 52cm frame. Of couse different models vary a little in how they fit, but I start with this.