Originally Posted by
bmccollum
I think they're shooting straight with me.
Yeah, for not trying to stress out over this, you're correct, it's proving stressful. Ha! I'm overly analytically-minded like that. :-)
I think they're shooting straight, too, but I've seen shops habitually put customers on bikes that are too big.
And many times I've had to look at how a customer sits on two bikes, and get the feedback, before making a recommendation. I'd suggest a test ride on any other bike with a 59 cm top tube and 21 cm head tube, give or take a couple millimeters. Just a try-on for size.