Quote Originally Posted by emily_in_nc View Post
And a top tube that I can't stand over at all (requiring tilting the bike to mount) would just be downright unsafe to me when mounting or dismounting the bike, and especially quick stops with cars nearby.
^^^ Exactly how I feel.

BTW, that post is pretty old. I actually did find a Diva to test ride, felt "meh" about it and I didn't want to spend a lot for a bike I wasn't completely in love with.

I looked into custom CF bikes by Serotta and Calfee but couldn't justify spending $6500+ for a bike I couldn't test ride first. I ended up going with two stock CF bikes – one for climbing/long rides and one for crits – and both are small enough for me to have adequate standover and top tube length. There's not a lot of sub-48 frames out there, but they can be found.