Originally Posted by
davewins
ya, im still kinda messing with it.. im 6 feet tall, with a 30in inseam, so the 55 is already kinda streaching it.. i ended up taking the 55 over the 53(which is the bike a actually ordered, there was no 55 at the time..) because of tt length and I had no foot overlap on it. I might be stretched out a little bit(a couple inches at the most) but my knees arent hitting my chest or anything. besides that its nothing that a 50-70mm stem and sadel adjustment wont fix..
The more miles you put in, you'll notice that being stretched out "a couple inches at most" is the difference between back pain and no back pain. I can feel the difference in my back when i go from a reach i'm comfortable at to a stem thats 20mm longer. And a couple of inches in reach is the difference between a 90mm stem and a 130mm.
Also, I wouldn't recommend stems as short as 70mm. For me, when stems are that short, steering felt way too twitchy.
Just keep riding it and with trial and error, you'll figure out what's you like and don't like.