Quote Originally Posted by Catriona View Post
I'm 5'1 & really hate a seat tube angle other than about 73 - 73.5 degrees - even then I've got a setback seatpost and the seat most of the way back.

touring bike wise - look at the old trek 520's - the small ones still have 73 degree seat angles. The new ones have like 74 or 75. The REI novara touring bike has a 73 degree seat angle in the small sizes, as does the bikesdirect.com touring bike.

The rawlands sogn frames also have 73 degree seat angles in their small sizes.

I've been on Zen's aurora - it felt fine a little too upright for me how she had it set up, but I didn't pedal it long enough to see how much the 74 degree angle irked me. I don't know how long of a stem she has on it - but I like a longer top tube (520-530)
Thanks for the suggestions, but I guess I should clarify that I can get a bike to work that has a steeper STA, so the Aurora's 74.5 STA isn't a problem. It's just a matter of using a seatpost with a fair amount of set back.