Sizing a new bike - I'm inbetween sizes

[NaePasaran]

Morning all.

Jumping aboard the gravel bike bandwagon and looking to treat myself to a new ride.

Thinking about the "VITUS SUBSTANCE V GRAVEL BIKE" which can be had from Wiggle/CR for £559.99 which seems pretty decent value for money.

The only thing is, i'm unsure what size to go for. Using a very scenfitic method of grabbing a pencil, standing straight up against a wall and drawing a line along my head and measuring it with a trusty B&M measuring tape, i'm 185cm dead on.

Would you recommend the L or XL?

Geometry and size info here > https://vitusbikes.com/collections/substance/produ...

Pretty confusing as I was looking at the Crosshill 2.0 2023 (down to £589 in XL in some places) and their size guide for that bike says large, which is near identical to the Vitus XL...

Thanks

[snotrag]

The seat tube is very, very long - unless you are ALL leg, then no way would I be going for the XL.

[lufbramatt]

I'd go for the large.

Can always tweak the fit with a longer stem but tbh being slightly more upright and having a bit more standover room on a gravel bike isn't a bad thing if you're going to be going off road.

those sizes look quite big- just compared to a spreadsheet I have with all my bikes on- the stack and reach of the large Vitus compare quite closely to my Ribble CXSL which is an XL and my CAAD which is a 58cm. (I'm a smidge taller than you at 6'2"). The XL Vitus is bigger than either of those.

Edited by lufbramatt on Tuesday 28th November 12:30

[NaePasaran]

Thanks guys. I'll go for the large and order it after work