Quote Originally Posted by ibike2 View Post
I currently am riding a 54; tried out a man's 48 (which felt very small); and a womens 51 - specialized (which did not feel big small at all)?

The salesperson mentioned that she would put me on a 50-52 womens bike, just by looking at my heighth? I have long legs, arms, and a short torso. I was totally suprised to hear her say that. Now she's got me thinking....

When buying my first bike, they insisted that my bike size was a 54. At that time I would not have known to question anything.

Thank you all for sharing.
Did she put you on measuring contraption to figure out your size? When I first started shopping for my road bike, the saleswoman had me stand on this thing that measured my inseam (which was incredibly uncomfortable btw), height, arm length... I think that was it? She put all that into her computer and it spit out the sizes for the different brands/models that I would likely fit best on.