Quote Originally Posted by hid558 View Post
Are the sram shifters easy to use? I've heard the are different and that you have to get used to them. I am thinking of a carbon bike because I have back problems and in my bike I feel quite much all the road vibrations and bumps. batsheva why did you get the ruby instead of the sypnase carbon? MartianDestiny you say you are 4'11" whats your standover? Do you still have the CR1? Oakleaf It felt great the seating position but I did feel streched out his is a 52cm
I ended up buying a Wilier Izoard. The CR1 came in runner up. I was lucky enough to be able to ride 7 different bikes before I chose though.

Standover on my Izoard is ~28-28.25inches (by my measurement, so grain of salt). My inseam without shoes on looks like ~28.5-28.75 inches (I just measured that myself, which you should never do so, again, measurements are suspect).

As you can see I'm pretty darn close with standover on the Izoard. I think with shoes on I have ~1 inch of clearance. (Another benefit to trying before you buy. I'm not sure I'd have been brave enough to get this close with both reach and standover without riding it. The bike, by all respects, is almost too big for me, but my shop is amazing at getting fits dialed in and I just love the bike.)

If anything the Scott was better for standover and they do make one size smaller, even in the CR1.