Quote Originally Posted by Eden View Post
I have bikes with both 650's and 700's. My road race bike has 700's, my tt bike 650's, my winter bike 650's. My advice - forget about the wheel size and first and foremost find a bike that fits you well. My experience has been the opposite of Tri Girls. My 700c wheel bike fits me the best and I am fastest on it, though I am closer to your size - I am 5' even. My winter bike is no slouch - its a nice light ti frame and try as I might, the geometry is just that little bit different than my race bike and I cannot produce as much power on it. (I'm the longer legged, shorter torso'd variety of short person )

As you've noted getting a good tt position isn't really possible for us shorties on bigger wheels, so yes my tt bike has 650's on it, even at that I don't have a lot of saddle to handlebar drop.
I think this is the most useful advice I've heard, from you and a very few wise others. I'm about equal in leg and torso proportion, according to my original fitter, and he said that is why I am able to fit on the Ruby although he's tried to fit people who were taller than I on the same bike, and was unsuccessful because their torso was too short.

As for getting a good tt position, I think the jury's still out on that for me. Mikael said I *can* get a good tt position on my current bike, just that if I go for 650c I'd have more options.