Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
Hi Catrin,

My Coda (it's not the "Elite" one) is a 44 cm. It's the smallest bike I have ever had... I don't have the exact measurements of the tt, but I know that my other bike is 515. The Coda, while small, feels a bit long, but nothing so uncomfortable that I feel like I want to get rid of it. In fact, at times, I think I should have gone up to the next size, but that would probably be too big. The geometry just feels really different than any road bike I have had, or the mountain bike I just sold. It does feel a bit like the alu mountain bike I started riding on, which felt long, because it was a medium that had been rigged up for me to ride. The bike handles well, so I just chalk it up to the differences in a flat bar vs. a dropped bar bike.
Crankin - thanks for this and you mentioned your experiences with your Coda in another thread where I mentioned this as a possibility. I seem to remember reading somewhere that some of the bikes from Jamis have a different geometry than similar bikes from other companies.

The reason I am focusing on the Elite are the components. My fitter does not like the quality of the components in the Coda Femme and does not think that I would be happy with it - that I would likely upgrade fewer components if I went with the Elite (assuming it fits). The nice thing about the Coda is what it was designed for flat bars, rather than my converting a stock production bike designed for road bars to a flat-bar bike.

I know that the steel isn't as high a grade as what Gunnar uses, and I do wonder if the weight savings for the Elite would be enough when compared with my LHT. I think I need to find one to test ride in my size...

I hope that you and yours have a great Thanksgiving! I am so used to working massive overtime that I keep resisting the urge to do a little work...but NOT on Thanksgiving