Oh no, severe bike lust has struck again (and it's Italian!)

[laura*]

... Pinarello Quattro ... Their easy fit sizing is kind of a joke, if you compare the charts next to each other, they fit right in with no change in proportions. Marketing?

Not marketing: The head tube is longer on the easy fit models. Compared to the closest non-easy fit sizes, the head tubes are 10 to 25 mm taller.

Comparing the bottom bracket to steerer relation: The easy fit 42.5cm is just a millimeter shorter than the regular 42cm. The EF 46 is midway between the regular 44 and 46.5. The EF 49 is also a mm shorter than the regular 50. And finally the EF 51 is 3mm longer than the regular 51.5.

[westtexas]

Muirenn, I know exactly how you feel. The one I test rode was the Easy Fit 49 and the TT length was 53 cm. Which was perfect for me (I need a long TT for my height - 5'6"). This is the hardest part about buying the Paris frame unseen - I am going to go talk to him today (FINALLY not working... this new job is killer) and see if we get it shipped and if it's not just right, can I send it back. When you spend this much $$ it's gotta be perfect, right?

[laura*]

Made my head spin! But okay.

I suspect you know a lot about Pina's!

Nope! I'm not a Pina expert.

It's just that a while back I made a huge spreadsheet with (currently) 3356 road bike geometries - with up to 62 values per geometry. When possible, the spreadsheet calculates missing measurements from those that are given.

Anyway, building the spreadsheet gave me a feel for how different frame brands approach geometry. And Pinarello is in the spreadsheet...

[roguedog]

hey.. just got an email that pinarellos will be on sale thru the TDF. Looks like different models each week.

Posting link.. don't know if this'll work though. Click: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact....HQn2NvoxIj8%3D

[Catrin]

Wow, beautiful bikes!

Checking out the prices makes me feel even better about the cost of my lovely custom Gunnar Of course, they ARE Italian bikes...that look fast sitting still.