I spent quite a few hours being fitted for my Specialized when I bought it. I didn't buy brand specific because it was down to what fitted my body. Treks just didn't fit. Also, I am long waisted so I need as guy's bike but in a short one (52 cm). I can only imgine the disaster if I were to order a bike.

Some years ago I was in a bike shop in Austin, TX and the guys who worked there were clueless to fitting. They put me on a Cannondale mountain bike that I could not straddle at all, the seat was way high and to ride it I had to basically get a mounting block. They just insisted that the bike fit me. Perhaps it was the long waisted thing. I will never forget riding that thing around the parking lot feeling like I was on a circus exhibit, "Step right up ladies and gentlemen and witness the Ladder Riding Lady struggle to go offroad. Watch as she bangs her clitoris senseless when she stops the bike to dismount. Ohhhhh.....see if she can go clipless without being circumsized...."