Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
Many folks now never even look st the nominal size anymore. They just seek whatever bike has their optimum stack and reach. Good idea.
Good advice. I am now drawing up a list of bikes to try based on stack & reach, and only mapping them to the manufacturers' sizes to be able to ask for the right size in the LBS. I have found that there are bikes that are nominally 54cm,56cm & 58cm that would all probably fit me fine (e.g. my 54cm Trek Crossrip has a reach of 396mm and wheelbase of 1043mm - longer than some XXL bikes!)