okay, I read the article you recommended, Kathi, and I looked at the seat tube angles between the bikes, top tube lengths, and stand over heights. All the bikes are between 75-76 degree angles, the dolce 44 tt is 496, the 48 506, trek 500, and Fuji 44 is 493. There is quite a bit of difference in stand over height (I can't remember y inseam at the moment, so I haven't looked at this too closely). I'm going to ride the Trek and Fuji again, then make up my mind. Right now I'm leaning towards the 44 Dolce Elite. I can get last years model for 1,000 which includes the fitting. The only reason I'm hesitating is that I can't ride the actual bike before ordering it. I have ridden the elite in the 48 and the Dolce in the 44 so I'm pretty sure it will fit and handle well, I just have a hard time getting it without actually riding it first! (and I have to find the time to drive an hour and a 1/2 each way to get there)

Kathi - I did ride all these bikes on the road, which definately gave me a better idea on how these fit (it eliminated a few right away!)

melissam - unfortunately, I don't have time to read the book you recommended, mainly because my vacation ended today and now I have to start doing way too much reading for rotations. That's why i've spent so much time this past week test riding bikes.

Also, I looked up the Terry bikes online, and they are out of my price range.