Originally Posted by
MegMC
Salamandrine do you have any trusted bike shops you recommend in LA for fit issues?
I'm not the best person to ask for that since I'm a norcal transplant, and not super familiar with the local LBS's since I don't typically need one. Mostly shops fit you when they're selling you a bike, or else they sell you some sort of trumped up fitting service. (see cynical guru comments above
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Anyhow, Montrose bike shop used to have a good rep, and they're not to far from you. I was going to say Magelssen Sykkel in W Hollywood. Really cool vintage hole in the wall shop run by a cool dude, but I think he may have closed recently.
You might also look to a local bike club. That was the traditional way that you got help with fitting and other things like that.
I kinda suspect 48 is too small. If the calc is telling you ~55 (C-T) but with a short top tube, my first guess would be to split the difference with about a 52.