Quote Originally Posted by Miranda View Post
Good for you! A new bike is always exciting.

Yes, agreed on the sizing. I had to order my correct sized bike as well.

My old too big bike was about a 54cm. And my shop that sold it for me said I believe that is the most common size.

My roadie now is a 49cm. Which is about 1 in 1000 customers he said. With a 52cm being about 1 in 100.

Gee isn't that special?! (nightmare to find anything to test ride lol )

Glad you got her coming on the way.

LOL, no. What planet was this guy living on? I have seen exactly two 53/54cm WSD bike on the floor, except at the Trek Store where they have a smaller range to stock, so they can have more sizes available. They're still by-and-large the low-end bikes. The higher end stuff seems to only make it to the floor in the small sizes. Makes it really hard to test-ride, since in at least some brands I need a 54. (I need a 51cm Cannondale, though, but see comments about them running long, and I ride the equivalent of a 50cm Giant.) Sounds like he was trying to sell you what was on the floor.

Zoom, my LBS keeps mostly 56-58cm unisex bikes around...