Thanks for the input guys. We used wrench science.com, flyte1.com, and coloradocyclist.com for calculators. The colorado one is just inseam, and spit out 48.5 seat tube C-T. The other two are more complex, and both gave exactly the same #'s: 49 cm C-T and 55.75 cm Effective TT + stem. The Dolce's 44cm frame has a "virtual" seatpost C-T of 49.
Does Shimano actually sell shims for brifters? I read an article a while back about making them, but I haven't been able to find it again.
If Giant didn't have women's stuff before, they have jumped in with both feet. Their website really pushes it. But looking at the geometry you are right about the top tubes being longer, and since the top tube already seems long on the Dolce (if the 70mm stem is correct,), then we would really be hurting with a Giant.
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