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Old 11-25-04 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by hawkerman
I am looking at a great deal on a 2004 lemond victoire. Its a 55cm, I am 5'8" with a 79 cm inseam. The salesman said it would be a good fit. I was thinking I was more in the 53cm range. Does anyone have an opinion on lemond bike sizes.
If you were buying pants would you buy the ones that measured right regardless or how they looked or felt or would you try them on? Buying a bike is the same kind of thing. First negotiate the price. THEN tell the salesman you want to try the bike and, IF YOU LIKE IT, you'll buy it. When fit becomes the only barrier to making a sale, they'll do a real good job of setting the bike up to fit you I promise.
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