Bike Fit/LBS/and Regrets

[CyborgQueen]

Eek; you're 5 feet tall and they sold you a 48? I gotta say that that seems a little big to me, too. That's the size Jamis I own (in an Aurora), and I'm 5'4.

HA! See my point? It should've been a little bit obvious....whatever.

[CyborgQueen]

GOOD NEWS!!!!!


I emailed Jamis of my plight...okay I didn't exactly give them a life story, but I basically told them that I was 5' shortish legs and gave them a condensed version of how I discovered that I needed a 44 instead.

I totally was not expecting anything....

Heard back from Jamis this morning, and they want to make me happy, so they're going to sell me a frame, they don't normally do this, but they want to make it right...pretty much the exact frame I had - alu/carbon. So I'm not losing anything, but...it's a 44cm Femme frame.

SO...it's not exactly a new bike, but hey, it's the frame in MY size. Once I get all the components over, I should be much more happier and more comfortable. Thank goodness that it accepts 700 wheels...otherwise I'll have to sell my Mavic Cosmic Carbones (I didn't buy it...my Mom did) too.

Thank you KnottedYet for the suggestion!

EDIT: I haven't BOUGHT the frame yet...it comes down to cost. *crossing fingers that it's not that much*

[tytbody]

Wow, Queen. That's awesome news. !!!! so will you have to change over all the components or will you go the bike shop your purchased from? And also good on the wheels.

What state do you live in?

[Cataboo]

HA! See my point? It should've been a little bit obvious....whatever.

I'm 5'1 & I ride between a 48-50 cm bike. Anything smaller than that has too short of a top tube for me, too steep of a seat tube angle (the 76 degree seattube angle that you want makes me shudder, anything more than 73 degrees is horrible on my knees)...

So no, I wouldn't think it's completely obvious that you wouldn't have fit a 48, because I would fit a 48. I wouldn't have much standover, but that's fine - I'd rather not have standover & have a seat tube angle & top tube that works for me.

It was great of Jamis to work with you.

I don't think buying a WSD to begin with would have necesarily solved all of your problems - most people who buy wsd still get fitted to their bike and they still have to change the handlebars. Not all women have the same size shoulders. Stems, handlebars, seatposts, and saddles are all things that I think people automatically change when buying a new bike, you hope that the bike fitter will work with you on it...

As for shifters, only some of the WSD come with short reach shifters. I wear XS women's gloves & have stubby short fingers, but I've never had a problem using standard size shifters in ultegra or 105... and I don't put shims on my shifters.