Canyon stitched 360 frame size
Hi, I am thinking of buying a canyon stitched 360 frame to build up into a dirt jump bike using parts I already have. I am 171cm (5ft 7'') tall, the frame is sold in a short and a long, and recommends a rider height of 140-170cm for the short and 160-200cm for the long so I sit pretty much in the middle. I have never ridden a dirtjump bike before but plan on using it for pump tracks, learning dirt jumps and basic tricks and generaly messing about in the woods on flow trails etc. I ride a giant reign enduro bike in medium with a 452 reach, I was also inbetween small and medium here, I found I was struggling to manual and get my weight back on my medium so have put a shorter stem on it and higher rise bars which has helped a lot. I also used to ride a small 2012 transition bottlerocket with a reach of 383 which felt fine at the time (feels tiny now but thats because im used to my big enduro bike with modern geometry). I have also owned a cove shocker and marin northside trail both small in the past and didnt have a problem with riding them (dont know the reach numbers as this was before reach was published) So going off this im more inclined to think I would fit a small better, also the fact dirt jumpers are more for playing around on, whipping, manualing, pumping, jibbing etc things a more smaller playfull bike enjoys not bombing fast over rough terrain where a longer bike would be better and i always have my enduro bike for that. But as I say I have never rode a dirt jumper so dont know if I should size up or down, does the longer bike make steep dirt jumps easier for example?