Hi,

Well, as usual, I am obsessing over details. So I have measurements from Competitive Cyclist, Argonaut, and Wrench Science, and believe it or not, they are all within 1-1.5 cm of each other's frame size recommendations. I set my carbon bike up exactly as CC said to, and it seemed to have just a tad more reach than I liked.....plus, although I felt I had maybe 1 mph more at the same energy level (non-scientific data, of course), I was also getting hand numbness pretty early in my rides. So I cut the stem back by 10 cm, and it is pretty much perfect now. Very little numbness unless it's cold or very windy or something, and that's after 40-odd miles or so - about 2 hours in. But I'm always looking for that 'holy grail' fit.........

So my question is, when you go to these sites, are the 'fit' numbers supposed to be for racing, or general cycling, or what? WS and CC stated 'Eddy Fit', but they were all really close anyway. Or, do these sites assume I'm a 19-year-old Italian National racer? Again, wrench science is the one who seemed to want to know my flexibility.

Any knowledge on this?

Thanks!

p.s. the Competitive Cyclist wanted me to have a 'total reach' (that is, ETT plus stem) of about 694, while the other two wanted me to have about 681.