I'm looking for a road bike that actually fits...it has become apparent that the "Craigslist special" I picked up this winter is too long in the reach for short me :-). Fortunately I have a slightly taller friend potentially interested in buying it. Today is a beautiful day so I went up to Portland and made the rounds of a few shops to test ride some bikes; one of said shops is hosting a bike swap Saturday that I am planning to go to. At the first shop I tried a 46cm Bianchi Volpe and a 49cm Masi CX Uno (I know, these are more cyclocross than "road" but I like the versatility); I really liked the Volpe but a new one is more than I want to pay right now (this shop sells used bikes too, but it's hit or miss). The Masi seemed to be the right size by all the off-the-cuff rules of thumb, but I felt much more stretched out on it which the woman at the shop said was because it has a much shorter headtube than the Volpe. The Masi also had horrendous toe overlap which the Volpe didn't seem to. Major bummer, because that bike was a closeout and would have been a great deal if it had been as good a fit as the Volpe. The second shop, where Saturday's swap will be, didn't have anything in my size that I was interested in to test ride. The third "shop" was actually an EMS store...not my first choice of place to buy a bike but they are the only ones around here that sell Jamis and I wanted to try out the Satellite Femme steel road bike. Unfortunately this particular EMS didn't have a Satellite but did have the aluminum-framed Ventura which I tried out and found to fit nicely; the guy said another store does have the Satellite in my size. The Ventura was a leftover from last year and being sold at a major discount, and it sounds like the Satellite (which is less expensive to start with) may be a similar deal. If so, and if I don't find something great at the swap, I may go to that EMS store and end up getting it if it is the same good fit. Do any other short women have suggestions for entry-level road/cyclocross bikes to look at? I'm 5' 2.5", 30" inseam. Would like to be able to run at least 28c tires given some of the crummy roads here.