Geoff":1b6riz13 said:Hmm, according to the specs a medium still has a top tube length of 22.6" which is about the same as my Kona isn't it? Standover is given as 28.9 for medium and 29.8 for a large. Is this measured as literally the top of the top tube to the ground or from some point a certain amount above the top tube? Haven't found accurate geometry details for my Kona, the nearest I've found is for the 2005 Explosif... :?:
Try konaretro.com Geoff. Unfortunately he never got the 95 or 96 catalogues on there, but the 94 geometry is the same as 95 - incidentally I was wrong in an earlier post, it was actually in 1994 that they made the bikes a half inch longer, so there's no point in you seeking out a more recent Kona.
As far as 22.6 is concerned, that's shorter than a size 18 Kona - Kona quote the 18 as having a 23 tt and the 19 as 23.5. My Kilauea (97) is a 17 and it is actually slightly longer than the quoted 22.5, so I'd say that a medium Bonty is about as long as my bike (but way higher!)
Measuring standover is a bit of a black art, but it's often given as the height of the mid point of the top tube.