Seajay - that's the problem in my perspective. NONE of the shops had 48cm or smaller. So I cannot "test" ride them. The shop where I had my yesterday's fit, had the 44cm. I'll ask him if I can test ride it.

IndySteel - you brought up some valid points. I'll ask my current fitter about the seatpost, and see if a zero setback seatpost will work better.

I'm 5' with 26" inseam (to floor). I would say my femur is about half way. I did measure it, and the knee pretty much is halfway, so it's neither short or long.

I'm slightly inclined to go to the shop where i bought my bike from. I had little issues with them for a while. They have told me a few times to just bring in my bike to get the fork cut down, and it'll take less than an hour. Well, when I brought it in, they said I should have made an appointment. It'll take a week. I asked them if I bring it after the triathlon, they said the same thing, "it'll take a week". Instead, I had a bike builder friend (he does it on the side...for his bikes), to cut it, and it took less than 30 minutes.

Then I asked them about a paint issue, and they just kind of shrugged it off and said, "That happens. Nothing you can do about it. Put clear mailing tape over it to prevent it from getting worse." Really?!

Lastly - when I was saddle shopping, I said, can I test it for a short while, and they said, I'll still have to pay the 15% restocking fee, even if I only used it for one hour. I asked them if I could just feel it on another bike and just ride on the trainer they had inhouse - "uhh, we're too busy". I just wanted to put my butt on the saddle and feel it for about 15 minutes before dropping $$$! There's like 3 customers!

So...I'm not to keen on going back to that shop ever. Kind of odd because some people LOVE that shop, while other people don't, and some people don't like the shop that I frequent at and others love it. I have a feeling that if I go back to that shop, they'll just give me the "you bought the bike. Nothing we can do about it" attitude.