New to Cycling - Need Advice

[OakLeaf]

A 44 cm men's frame may well have the same top tube length as a 50 cm WSD frame.


EDIT: Sorry, didn't realize that the Finest was a WSD bike.

Still: here are your specs. '09 Fuji Finest in 44 cm: effective top tube length 505.0 mm.
'10 Trek 1.2 WSD: 50 cm, effective TT length 511 mm; 47 cm, effective TT length 494 mm.

So your Fuji is shorter than the 50 cm Trek they were trying to fit you on... but longer than the next smaller Trek, which still has a taller seat tube.

And... they've taken down the specs on my 50 cm '07 Cannondale WSD, but I'm 95% sure that it has the same 505 mm top tube as your 44 cm Fuji.


That's why you ride lots of bikes until you find the one that fits you best.

[blumensh]

A 44 cm men's frame may well have the same top tube length as a 50 cm WSD frame.

It's a Fuji Finest so it is actually a womans bike.
Fuji
Description XS (44) S (47) M (50) L (53)
SEAT TUBE 440.0 470.0 500.0 530.0
TOP TUBE 505.0 510.0 520.0 535.0

Trek
Description XS (47) S (50) M (52)
SEAT TUBE 42.5 47.6 49.3
TOP TUBE 49.4 51.6 52.9

So roughly speaking the 47 Fuji and a 50 Trek would be comparable. I would have definitely gone with a 47 trek. The 50 felt way to big for me but my itty bitty 44 fits perfectly.

I just realized we posted at the same time It does make me feel better to see that though because I was really worrying that maybe I got too small of a frame but now it makes sense.