The pink is pretty sharp and I do get noticed A LOT. My guy says everyone is always checking me out, but I find that doubtful. It is kinda fun to pass men at 20 mph into the wind though on my pink and black wonder. A lot of them try to speed up to catch up! I did get a "Nice bike!" from a chick in a car parked at our 7-11 stop in Odessa yesterday, which was the first time anyone not on a bike has said anything to me. Definitely not a fru-fru bike. I feel kind of silly teedling around town on it after my guy when he is out running (which I don't do), because it has a more "serious" look to it.

As far as the fit goes... I knew from my other bike (a 51) that it was too compact/short for me because of a professional fitting I had done on it when I was having some groin-area pain (the seat was too high, apparently). It had to have a longer stem put on it and I still felt really cramped and hunched up on it. The men's 54 was almost too long - I really had to reach for the bars and by the end of the ride, my back hurt a lot (went 30 miles for my test ride). So I figured the 53 would be a good compromise. Luckily I am a pretty averaged sized woman at 5'6", with a long torso and short legs, so the guys at the shop had a pretty good idea that it would fit me. I've got a pretty long reach as I've got fairly long, skinny arms, but I did have to raise the bars a bit and tilt the shifters slightly more towards me to get the bike to be really comfortable. Eventually I plan on lowering the bars again for a more aggressive ride, but probably not for a while. I'm hoping to go back to Houston in a while and take my bike with me so I can have the guy who fit me last time do it again. However, in the meantime I have no pain (now that I figured out I need thin chamois shorts, like tri shorts, or my legs go numb) and no complaints. It's such a slick, smooth ride, especially with zipp carbon bars!