Thanks guys!

Unfortunately, I ran into a little problem with this frame. I started this thread after building the bike on Friday night after buying it locally on Craig's List. I actually bought the frame and built it thinking it was going to be my "go fast" hybrid bike for rail trails and fitness rides. I went for a ride with a buddy on Saturday and the bike rode beautifully but something didn't seem quite right in the sizing department. About midway through the ride I asked my friend if he would take a photo of me riding it so I could see if it looked a little small.

Here is that photo.....



So when I returned home I started doing some research to see what was going on with the sizing. The seller seemed like a good guy with no reason to lie about the size (stated 56cm) and the frame is stamped "ML" (medium large in Litespeed speak) so I checked the geometry on the Litespeed site to see what it said. As the seller stated a medium large from Litespeed is supposed to have a 56cm top tube and a 51.5 seat tube. So out came the tape measure to verify and guess what? The top tube measures 54cm. The strange thing is the seat tube is the correct size. So I put in a call to Litespeed today and asked if they measured the top tube center to center or....? They told me they did indeed measure it that way which prompted me to ask if it were possible that somehow the bike was manufactured incorrectly. The tech support guy asked me to take a photo of the tape measure on the frame to verify I measured correctly. So I took a few photos and sent them along to him. So we'll see how this goes.

In the meantime, check out what I did with the components I used on the Litespeed!

http://www.bikeforums.net/hybrid-bic...-go-again.html