Quote Originally Posted by purdyd View Post
You are correct but....

What I hadn't realized until now is that the alloy Synapse has a standover of 71.6cm but the carbon version standover is 69.8cm.

http://www.cannondale.com/usa/usaeng...ns-Alloy-5-105

I was wrong about the Giant Avail, it is even higher

My fuzzy mind seems to recall there are other options with 69-70cm of standover - particularly if you have room to go 70cm

One option would be the Trek 3 series carbon frame, which unfortunately does not come with a 43cm size.

Hopefully we can agree that if your standover height is 69cm or less you have very few options in mass produced frames.

@Brigitte031 good luck in your quest for a new road bike, there have been some great suggestions for you
We can most definitely agree that there are very few options for a standover height of 69cm or less.