Originally Posted by WheresWaldo

I am the same size as you and a 54cm had too much saddle to bar drop plus I needed a 120mm stem to be comfortable. So this is what I was saying, when you buy a bike you can't be swayed by what and how others ride, or want you to ride. The poster needs to make an honest evaluation of their fitness and flexibility and then find the bike that fits that person, not the racer everyone thinks they are. One of the saddest things I have seen is a person who buys a bike because it looks like the racer bike and in a year it hangs in the garage only to be ridden on that one month MS150 training and event or not ridden at all and collecting dust.