Below is the bike I'm riding now. It has been great, but it starts to become uncomfortable after 20 miles or so. Uncomfortable being knee pain and numb hands. I was hoping a touring bike would give me comfort for longer rides with drop bars giving me more hand positions.



I measured the bike I have from the center of the head tube to the center of the seat tube along a horizontal line and it is 23.5 inches. The 58 LHT effective top tube is 23.1 inches and on the 56cm LHT it's 22.4 inches, but because the Trek and the LHT are so different I'm not sure this dimension is telling me anything.

I think coming from this upright position, I just don't know how a drop bar bike should feel. Is the stretched out feeling on the 58cm frame what I should expect on a bike that fits? If I ride a bike that fits should it be like a light bulb going off telling me "this is the one" or would it be something I need to get used to. The 58cm felt big and the 56 felt closer to what I'm used to, but small. Neither one had the feeling that I had found the right fit, leaving me lost on what direction to go.

Again thanks for any help!