notwomamils

I apologize for cross posting I put this in the hybrids forum originally and then realized there were quite a lot of posts about these bikes here

I hope you can help. I'd like to build a bike off a fairdale weekender drop frame, but I don't have a dealer nearby who is willing to order in unless I buy, which makes the sizing difficult.
I've emailed Fairdale a couple of times but haven't had a reply.
I'm just under 5'7" with about a 31.5" bike inseam. The size small has plenty of standover by their numbers but the stack is really low, so low I wondered if it was a mistake at about 20.5". That worries me because im building this partly as a commuter, and the more upright position of the endurance road bikes is what i want.
The size M has a stack which puts it in the ball park of similar bikes. the standover is pretty high at 31" particularly when the seat tube to the top of the top tube is only 18.5", . other bikes with that sort of stack and seat tube have a standover a couple of inches lower.

Can any owners or ex owners comment on whether their geometry numbers are real world or anomalies? particularly anyone who rides a small or medium?

thanks in advance - sorry about the length of the post

TrojanHorse

Just out of curiosity, why are you beating yourself up to do their customer service for them?

superdex

Why not drop them a line directly? They seem like a good group of folks: info@fairdalebikes.com

notwomamils

Good question. Partly because in my experience you often get better answers from the people who use the products than the people who design and built them. I guess they figure since they published the measurements they are correct. Kona and Marin do the same thing ltbough Marin do now use more real world numbers. On bike I tried had a published standover of 30 inches for a 17" frame. A quick message to people who actually owned them got a "real" answer.

I guess I like the bike enough to do some of their work for them

notwomamils

Everything I read seemed to suggest that. A couple of emails to them haven't been answered yet. Either they didn't get through, or they figure the answers are what I already know from their published geometry, or something.