Quote Originally Posted by MartianDestiny View Post
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I'm exceptionally long torso'd as well. In fact I wear a men's medium backpacking pack despite being only 4'11".

In a road bike I can handle a 51.5cm effective top tube (with a 60mm stem), but ideally you want to be less stretched/aero on a cross bike (if you are going to use it as intended).

Most company's smallest cross bikes I've seen have an ETT of 52 or greater at the shortest. That's too big for me to ride as a road bike with a 60mm stem, much less as a cross bike
The Cdale I'm looking at has a TT of 51.5cm (44cm frame). My road bike's TT is 51cm. Am I likely to have issues on a cross bike with a top tube measurement similar to that of my road bike? My road bike positioning is fairly upright for comfort, not at all racey, if that makes sense. The Redline Conquest is also 51 in their smallest (44cm) frame.