E-Bikes & Bikes Customised to You
Dustin Gyger
Updated On: July 5, 2023
Hey, everyone. I'm Dustin, CEO of sixthreezero, and today we're going to do a sizing video with our simple step-through electric bike, and we've got riders from five-foot to six-foot-two, and we're going to show you how they fit on this e-bike and how we can custom adjust it to their body height and weight. Stick around.
Okay, I'm here with our first rider, our four-foot-11 rider. And what was your name?
Brynn: Brynn.
Dustin: And Brynn, what's your arm length and inseam?
Brynn: My arm length is 17 inches, and my inseam is 29 inches.
Dustin: 29 inches. And how much do you weigh?
Brynn: I weigh 105 pounds.
Dustin: Okay, do you want to try to step on and see if you can fit on the bike? Okay, so you can see with Brynn, she can't get her feet down. Now, can you get on your tippy-toes on your right foot at all? A little bit. Okay, so we have the seat already in the lowest position, and the handlebar could go a little bit lower, but actually, the handlebars don't look bad for where she is.
So she could maybe make it work if she's athletic, and this is okay for her. Ideally, I think for a four-foot-11 rider, we'd have the seat be a little lower. So let's go ahead and move up to our five-foot rider and see if it's a fit for them.
Okay, now we're here with our five-foot rider. What was your name?
Sandy: Sandy.
Dustin: Sandy, and Sandy, how long are your arms, and what's your inseam?
Sandy: 19 inches and 28.5.
Dustin: 28.5. And how much do you weigh?
Sandy: I'm 120.
Dustin: 120. Okay, if you want to go ahead and try to step on. Okay, so not too bad. How do you feel? Do you feel okay? Comfortable? A little too high?
Sandy: It's a little bit too high.
Dustin: Can you get your right foot down When you're on the seat? Can you put your right foot down on the ground? So she's barely up on her tippy-toes. Again, for five-foot riders, you can see. What's interesting is Sandy actually has a shorter inseam than our four-11 rider, but maybe has longer legs, so she's able to almost fit. She's up on her tippy-toes. Everything else is adjusted pretty well, so my recommendation for Sandy or someone five-foot is: It's going to be on the border.
If you have an inseam I would say 30 and above or 29 1/2 and above, you'll probably be okay. Anything less than that, you're going to be on your tippy-toes. She could make it work, but to be safer, a little shorter would be ideal.
So let's move up to our five-foot-one rider. Okay, now we're here with our five-foot-one rider. What was your name?
Teresa: Teresa.
Dustin: Teresa, and Teresa, how long are your arms and your inseam?
Teresa: My arms are 22, and my inseam is 30.
Dustin: 30, and how much do you weigh?
Teresa: 130 pounds.
Dustin: 130 pounds. If you want to go ahead and try to step on, we'll see if we can get it to fit perfectly for your body. And can you slide onto the seat? Perfect.
So that looks like a good fit, so a 30-inch inseam. Let me see your right foot on the ground, too. Can you put your right foot down? So she's up on the balls of her feet, which is okay. You want to be like that to have good leg extension, and we have the seat all the way down, so I would say it's a fit for Teresa. How do the handlebars feel?
Teresa: The handlebars feel good.
Dustin: And you can see we've got her back nice and upright. Her arms are relaxed. So I would say at five-foot-one, we've got fit with a 30-inch inseam. Let's move up to our five-foot-two rider.
Okay, now we're here with our five-foot-two rider. What was your name?
Jeri: Jeri.
Dustin: Jeri, what's your arm length and inseam?
Jeri: My arm length is 19, and my inseam is 33.
Dustin: And how much do you weigh?
Jeri: 120.
Dustin: 120. Okay, if you don't mind stepping in, we'll see if we can get a good fit for her body. Okay, let me see.
Jeri: High.
Dustin: Too high for you?
Jeri: Yeah.
Dustin: Okay, we can go ahead and lower the seat, so go ahead and get off. Oops, oops. Okay, let's go ahead and tighten the seat all the way. There we go. All right, go ahead and give that a try. We've got the seat all the way down.
Jeri: Oh yeah, that feels a lot better.
Dustin: Okay, good for you?
Jeri: Yeah.
Dustin: I mean, we could bring it up a little bit more, but if Jeri's comfortable with that, then we'll leave it. How about the handlebars? They seem a little high. No?
Jeri: A little high.
Dustin: Okay, so let's go ahead and lower this down just a touch. Better?
Jeri: That's better, yeah.
Dustin: Cool, perfect. Feels good? Feels comfortable?
Jeri: Yeah, yeah.
Dustin: Yeah? All right, we've got a fit on our five-foot-two rider. Let's move up to our five-foot-three rider. Okay, now we're here with our five-foot-three rider, and what was your name?
Rohini: My name's Rohini.
Dustin: And what is your arm length and your inseam?
Rohini: My arm length is 15 inches, and my inseam is 28 1/2 inches.
Dustin: And how much do you weigh?
Rohini: 135 pounds.
Dustin: Okay, great, if you want to go ahead and step on, we'll see if we can make a perfect fit for your body. Slide on. Okay, so again, the interesting thing with inseams and the fit is it doesn't necessarily depend on height. So Rohini has a 28 1/2-inch inseam. She's fit. She's up on the balls of her feet. I think she could have good control over the bike. One thing I think we could maybe do is tilt the handlebars up a little bit, just to make it a little more comfortable. So let's see. Would that be better or worse?
Rohini: Yeah.
Dustin: Okay, and again, I'm adjusting for comfort. So we got her back nice and upright. Her arms are relaxed. We've got her in a great ergonomic position. How does that feel for you?
Rohini: Yeah, it feels comfortable.
Dustin: Perfect. So we've got a fit for our five-foot-three rider. Let's move on to our next rider. All right, now I'm here with our five-foot-four rider. What was your name?
Deidre: Deidra.
Dustin: Deidra, and Deidra, what was your arm length and your inseam?
Deidre: My arm length is 19, and my inseam is 31.
Dustin: 31, perfect. And how much do you weigh?
Deidre: I weigh 130.
Dustin: 130, okay, if you can go ahead and step on, we'll see if we can adjust for your body. Okay, perfect. So interestingly, again, now, she's a little bit more on her toes than our five-foot-three rider, and I will say the measuring of the inseams isn't an exact science. So it's possible from one inseam to the next that the measurements could also be user differences in how they take the measurement.
But she's up on her tippy-toes or towards the front of her foot. I would say it can work for her. The handlebars, and everything else, seem to be adjusted okay. How does it feel for you? Do you feel like you have control of it?
Deidre: Yeah, I feel like I could take off.
Dustin: Okay, and we've got her back upright, and her arms look nice and relaxed. I'm not going to touch anything on the adjustments, so we've got a fit here at five-foot-four. Let's move up to our five-foot-five rider.
All right, now, we're with our five-foot-five rider. And what was your name?
Alicia: Alicia.
Dustin: Alicia, what was your arm length and your inseam?
Alicia: Arm length was 17. The inseam was 30.
Dustin: The inseam was 30, and how much do you weigh?
Alicia: 145.
Dustin: 145, all right. If you don't mind, try stepping onto the bike. There we go. Okay, and are you sitting all the way down? Yep, okay. Looks like we could probably raise the seat a little bit. The handlebars look okay. So if you want to get off for a second. So we've got the four easy adjustment points, and you can easily raise and lower the seat right here, so we're going to go ahead and pull that up just a little bit. So she'll have good leg extension on her down pedal, and then you just clamp that down right here.
Okay, go ahead and try that. Okay, we got her up on the tippy-toes. Actually, that's good, on the ball of her foot. We could lower it a little bit if we wanted to. Do you feel okay, comfortable like that?
Alicia: Yeah, I can balance and catch myself.
Dustin: Okay, because we want to make sure she's got good leg extension. I could bring it down a smidgen if we needed to. We needed to bring it up just a little bit. How do the handlebars feel for you?
Alicia: That's comfortable.
Dustin: Comfortable? Cool. So I think we've got a fit for our five-foot-five rider. Let's move up to five-foot-six. Okay, now we're with our five-foot-six rider. What was your name?
Brianna: Brianna.
Dustin: Brianna, what's your arm length and inseam?
Brianna: My arm length is 15, and my inseam is 29.
Dustin: Perfect, and how much do you weigh?
Brianna: 130 pounds.
Dustin: 130. Do you want to go ahead and step on? We'll see if we can adjust for your body. Perfect. Go ahead and sit down on the seat and let me see. Put your right foot down, too. Put your right foot on the ground. Okay, so I've got the seat up about an inch-and-a-half for Brianna, and I think it's a good fit. And how do the handlebars feel? Do those feel okay? Do they look low?
Brianna: No, they feel perfect for me.
Dustin: Feel good?
Brianna: Yeah.
Dustin: Okay, yeah, I mean, her arms look relaxed. Her back is nice and upright. The feet are down, so she has control. I think we've got a good fit for our five-foot-six rider. Let's move up to five-foot-seven. All right, we're with our five-foot-seven rider now. What was your name?
Salvador Laga: Salvador Laga.
Dustin: Salvador?
Salvador Laga: Salvador.
Dustin: And what's your arm length and inseam?
Salvador Laga: My arm length is 18, and my inseam is 30.
Dustin: 30, and how much do you weigh?
Salvador Laga: I weigh 181.
Dustin: 181, perfect. Do you want to go ahead and step on? We'll see if we can adjust for your body. Go ahead and slide back onto the seat. Okay, let's see. Okay, so that seat's definitely too low. You can see his feet are flat. We want to make sure he is going to have a good extension on the down pedal. So if you can get off quickly, I'm going to raise the seat for you. All right, and let's bring that up a good inch or two, maybe right about there. Okay, go ahead and give that a try. Perfect. I think that's a little bit better. What do you think?
Salvador Laga: It is a little bit better.
Dustin: And how about the handlebars? Do those feel okay? Or let's go ahead and try to loosen this real quick for you. And we've got four easy adjustment points, so you can go ahead and play with that, where it feels best for you.
Salvador Laga: What about here?
Dustin: You like it a little lower, huh? Okay.
Salvador Laga: A little lower for me.
Dustin: No problem, perfect. So yeah, we've got a nice relaxed elbow, relaxed shoulders. He's in a good ergonomic position. I'd say we've got a good fit for our five-foot-seven rider. Let's move up to five-foot-eight.
Okay, now we're here with our five-foot-eight rider. What was your name?
Thomas Johansson: Thomas Johansson.
Dustin: Thomas, and Thomas, what's your arm length and your inseam?
Thomas Johansson: Arm is 19; inseam is 29.
Dustin: 29, okay, perfect. Oh, sorry, how much do you weigh?
Thomas Johansson: Oh, I weigh 195.
Dustin: 195, perfect. If you want to go ahead and step on, we're going to go ahead and see if we can get a fit for you here. Actually, height seems pretty okay at that point.
Thomas Johansson: Yeah, it seems perfect.
Dustin: Okay, handlebars? Do they feel low?
Thomas Johansson: No, they are absolutely perfect.
Dustin: Okay, there we go. Yeah, you can see his arms are okay. He's not having to lean forward. His back is nice and upright. And again, I'd like to reiterate. What's interesting is the inseams can really vary by height, so it's a combination of height and inseam that determines how we adjust and fit. Also arm length. So we got a fit for Thomas. Let's move up to our five-foot-nine rider.
Okay, now we're with our five-foot-nine rider. What was your name?
Avis: Avis.
Dustin: Avis, and Avis, what's your arm length and inseam?
Avis: My arm length is 23, and my inseam is 33.
Dustin: Okay, perfect. And how much do you weigh?
Avis: I weigh 131.
Dustin: 131. Okay, if you want to step on, okay, we'll go ahead and see if we can adjust for your body. And then if you sit back on the seat and let me see your feet down. Okay, so it looks a little bit low, so if you want to get off, I'm going to raise the seat just a touch for you.
Avis: Okay.
Dustin: And let's try right there. And again, we have an easy quick release to raise and lower, to accommodate all sorts of heights. Go ahead and step on.
Avis: Oh, you brought it higher?
Dustin: Yeah.
Avis: Oh, I see.
Dustin: Yeah, I like that better, actually, for you. I think you'll have a better leg extension right there.
Avis: Oh, nice.
Dustin: How about the handlebars? Do they feel okay? Too low?
Avis: They feel pretty comfortable, yeah.
Dustin: Let's go ahead and try. Go ahead and grab onto that, and they're going to loosen. And now you can play around with what you like.
Avis: That's too high. That's too low. Yeah, this is about right.
Dustin: Okay, perfect. There we go. And again, you have the two adjustment points up here on the handlebars: the raising, lowering, the tilting. So you can find the perfect position for you, and it looks good. We've got her back nice and upright, and her arms are relaxed. So I think we've got a good fit for our five-foot-nine rider. Let's move up to five-foot- 10.
All right, now we're here with our five-foot-10 rider. What was your name?
Aaron: Aaron.
Dustin: Aaron, and Aaron, what's your arm length and inseam?
Aaron: The arm length is 19. The inseam is 31.
Dustin: The inseam is 31. Perfect, and how much do you weigh?
Aaron: I weigh 170.
Dustin: 170, all right, if you want to go ahead and step on, you can put your right foot down. There we go. Put both your feet down.
Aaron: Might be a little tall here.
Dustin: A little too tall?
Aaron: Yeah, I think so.
Dustin: Okay, we can bring it down a little bit. The other thing that honestly impacts the raising and lowering of the seat is also the shoes, and I noticed Aaron's got flat shoes on, as well.
Aaron: Really flat, yes.
Dustin: So that's something to consider when you're adjusting, if you may have to adjust your seat differently for different shoes. So there you go. Go ahead and step on, and let's see. Put your left foot down. And how's that feel? Better?
Aaron: Feels fine.
Dustin: And how about the handlebars?
Aaron: The handlebars seem good.
Dustin: Not too low? Okay.
Aaron: No, they seem good.
Dustin: Okay, cool. So he's got a nice ergonomic straight back here. The arms look nice and relaxed. I'd say it's a fit for our five-foot-10 rider. Let's move up to five-11.
Okay, now we're with our five-foot-11 rider. What was your name?
Brian: My name is Brian.
Dustin: Brian, And Brian, what's your arm length and inseam?
Brian: So it is 19 arms in length and 33 inseams.
Dustin: Perfect, and how much do you weigh?
Brian: I'm 155.
Dustin: 155, all right. If you want to go ahead and step on.
Brian: Sure.
Dustin: And then put your left foot down. Keep both your feet down for me. So we need to get the seat up for him. You can see his feet are pretty flat, so if you want to jump off. Not jump off, but just come off.
Brian: Sure.
Dustin: And let's raise this. Okay, let's try right there. And one thing I'll say about adjusting, as well, is it's also what's comfortable for the rider. So yes, I can adjust, but you want to make sure that it's right for your body, too. So go ahead and try that. Got it a little bit higher.
Brian: Oh, yeah, that's great.
Dustin: Is that okay? Better?
Brian: Yeah, that's awesome.
Dustin: And how about the handlebars? They look a little low to me.
Brian: Yeah, they do feel a little low.
Dustin: Okay, so let's loosen this, and then hold onto them.
Brian: Yeah, I love that. That's great.
Dustin: Okay, perfect.
Brian: Very nice.
Dustin: There we go. Yeah, we can tilt it. We can raise and lower it. So now we got his arms nice and relaxed. He's not stretching. His back's upright. Looks like he's got good leg extension. I'd say we've got a good fit for our five-foot-11 rider. Let's move up to six feet.
All right, now we're here with our six-foot rider. What was your name?
Nick: Nick.
Dustin: Nick, and Nick, what's your arm length and inseam?
Nick: My arm length is 20, and then my inseam is 30.
Dustin: Okay, and how much do you weigh?
Nick: About 256.
Dustin: 256, perfect. If you want to go ahead and step on. And go ahead and slide back onto the seat. There we go. How does that feel? Looks pretty good, height-wise. Does that feel okay?
Nick: Yeah, I feel pretty good about it. Yeah, no issues.
Dustin: Okay, how about the handlebars? Are they a little low? Do you want them up a little more?
Nick: Yeah, can we try them maybe just a tad higher? I think overall, it feels good, but maybe just a smidge.
Dustin: Yeah, absolutely, so let's go ahead and bring these up. Okay, you've got about four-and-a-half inches of adjustment area where you can bring these up and down.
Nick: Okay, I think that feels good.
Dustin: Better?
Nick: Yeah, it feels a lot better.
Dustin: Let's see if tilting will help him a little bit more. So go ahead and grab onto them, and they're going to go loose, so now you can pull them up or down, whatever feels better or worse for you. You can bring them even higher or lower.
Nick: I think right there feels good, yeah.
Dustin: All right, feels comfortable?
Nick: Yeah.
Dustin: Go ahead and put your right foot down. So he's got up on the balls of his foot. He'll get a great leg extension. Back's upright. The arms are nice and relaxed. I think we've got a good fit for six-foot, so let's move up to our six-foot-one rider.
All right, now we're with our six-foot-one rider. What was your name?
Brendan McManus: Brendan McManus.
Dustin: Brendan, and Brendan, what's your arm length and inseam?
Brendan McManus: My arm length is 26, and my inseam is 32.
Dustin: 32, and how much do you weigh?
Brendan McManus: I weigh 161.
Dustin: 161, and if you want to go ahead and step on, we'll see how we can adjust for your body.
Brendan McManus: You got it.
Dustin: And you can keep both feet down on the ground. You can put your left foot down. Okay, so he's up on the balls of his foot. How does that feel, though? Does that feel too high for you? Should we lower the seat a little bit?
Brendan McManus: A little high.
Dustin: Okay, yeah, so hop off. There you go. We'll go ahead and just drop it a little bit. Okay, all right, and just clamp that down. Okay, go ahead and try that now.
Brendan McManus: You got it. Wow.
Dustin: Better?
Brendan McManus: Yeah, that's a great deal better.
Dustin: And how about the handlebars?
Brendan McManus: They feel really smooth and really comfortable. I really like it.
Dustin: Okay, perfect. Yeah, we've got his back nice and upright. His arms are relaxed. I think he'll have good leg extension when he is pedaling, so it's a fit for our six-foot-one rider. Let's move up to our six-foot-two rider.
All right, now we're with our final rider, at six-foot-two. What was your name?
Leif: Leif.
Dustin: Leif, and Leif, what's your arm length and inseam?
Leif: The arm length is 25 inches, and the inseam is 33.
Dustin: Okay, and how much do you weigh?
Leif: 215 pounds.
Dustin: 215. Actually, I've got the seat all the way down, so let me just raise this, because we know Leif's going to need the seat much higher than that. And you've got a lot of range on the seat here, so I'm going to bring it up right there, and I think that'll be pretty good for him. Got to loosen the seat bolt here, so I can clamp it all the way down. There we go. All right, go ahead and give that a try, and you can put your right foot down on the ground. There we go. How does that feel?
Leif: It feels good.
Dustin: Height-wise okay?
Leif: Yeah, definitely.
Dustin: Handlebars seem a little bit low, so let's go ahead and raise these and bring those up. Bring our bolt down. Bring this down just a little bit right there, and then we'll play with the tilting because you've got these two adjustment bolts. You can find wherever feels good for you.
Leif: It feels about right, right there.
Dustin: Okay, feels comfortable?
Leif: Yes, sir.
Dustin: All right, cool. So there we go. We've got Leif adjusted at six-two. His back's nice and upright. The arms look relaxed. Feels good for you, right?
Leif: Yes, it does.
Dustin: Yeah, cool. So we've got a fit for our final rider at six-foot-two. Stick with us as we recap all this.
All right, so we've just shown you the sizing for riders from five-foot to six-foot-two in our simple step-through. You can see how easy it is to mount, and dismount, and how we can use the four custom adjustment points to dial in the adjustments perfect to their bodies, height, weight, and inseam. It's easy to do. You can easily do it yourself, too.
So thank you for sticking around, and don't forget: It's your journey, your experience. Enjoy the ride.