Ben! You stole me thunder. My thoughts exactly. Here abouts the I'm seeing alot of riders on compacts. I can't say at this point if the bike will agree with me, I need some miles on anything. I have a compact on order. There are many here on the boards that often do things an injustice based on "0", I mean ZERO real experience.

Sure I see the manufacturers fingers in the sizing and agree that there should be more than sm/med/lg/Xlg, not likely to happen though. As I go thru the various offereings from bicycle manufacturers, small volume frame designers/importers and custom builders. There are enough different designs to go around.

I may like the compact design. I may not. I withhold my judgement till I have sufficent miles to make an comment based on experience........as if anyone cares about my opinion.