Old 05-03-14 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by StanSeven
You can definitely go smaller and a 57 is too big for you. The lack of seatpost and short stem shows that.

I am a little taller than you and ride 56's. I ordered a fixed gear track bike once in a 56 (Fuji) but didn't know Fuji sized their bikes center to top of seat post so it was more like a 53. I put on a long stem and really raised the seat and it was fine. Actually the bike felt very responsive and quicker even though it probably wasn't. But I understood why the pro's usually go small.
Maybe because of the short stem, but that is a level tt bike. You don't expect lots of post to be showing.
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