BSG -- I would be interested in hearing why you disagree with the article in more specific terms. I'm not challenging you, I am personally interested and I think it would be potentially useful to others.

Personally, I recently bought a WSD bike, but it is a "pink and shrink" design. It's a Scott Contessa CR1 Pro, which is exactly the same frame geometry as the men's CR1, just with a different paint job. It does have WSD components (came with short reach levers, which I kept, as well as a tiny stem, compact crank, short crank arms, and a women's saddle, all of which I ditched). I *did* go from a medium frame (54) to an XS frame (compact geometry, labeled a 49). I'm not all that short (for a woman, anyway -- 5'6"), but with a 120 stem, this bike feels amazing. It's very comfortable, I'm reasonably aero, it's super quick... So my situation actually somewhat supports the Cervelo article, but then, I think it's really hard to generalize about bike fit because everyone's anatomy, fitness, flexibility, etc are so different...

I think it's an interesting discussion.

Sorry if I just hijacked .