I understand your problem, as I too have very long femurs. For me, I have to buy bikes with 73 degree seat tubes AND use a very laid back seat post to get set up properly. I believe the veloces have pretty steep seat tube angles. For example, at the bianchi site they say the STA on a 53 cm veloce is 75. Roughly, for every 1 degree increase in STA, your saddle will be 1 cm more forward. So, if you had a bike with a 73 degree seat tube angle, you'd buy yourslef 2 cm. Couple this with a very laid back seatpost, and you're OK, even with your Brooks Saddle. For example, my Brooks is fine with an alpha ! carbon seatpost on a 73 STA bike. That is why I ride terry bikes. They are one of the only companies to use 73 degree STAs on the smaller sized frames. BUT, because you have long femurs, you also probably have a shorter upper body, so a 55 cm bike would be too large. I need a bike smaller than my leg measurement predicts to the get the right top tube length. Again, I have done really well with terry bikes. Cervelos also have a 73 STA in all sizes, and might work for you, but they are mucho money.