I have been riding a Giant OCR2 for around 7 or 8 years. The bike has about 40k on it, so I'm thinking of getting a new bike. I was fit on this bike after I had bought it. It has a 52.5 cm TT and a 7cm stem. It originally had a 9cm stem. The head tube is 14cm. Basically I'm thinking of a cannondale synapse. The only thing I'm not thrilled about is the non traditional compact crank and the crap wheels it comes with. The other option is the TCR but that has a 53.5 TT and a 13.5 cm head tube (which is fairly negligible for the head tube). I would get a CAAD 10 but the head tube is only 11 cm and that's a big drop for me. (bad cervical disc in neck). So the caad 10 is equipped how I would like, but has a big saddle to bar drop, and the synapse has a good frame dimension, but comes with a compact crank and ****ty wheels. Does anyone know of a frame that is comparable to the geometry I have now?
it has:
74 degree seat angle
52.5 TT
7cm stem
14cm head tube

Hard to say, maybe a trek, those come with 3 head tube sizes, did yo check specialized?? I was going to sugest willier but at your size the head tube is like 11 cm so is a no no.

What u can do to compensate for the lower head tube is obviously put the stem upper, For example... 3 cm spacer in the giant and you should be ok, or even less spacers and flip the stem if not flipped? U dont like the cranks, swap them... u dont like the wheels, put the ones u have already, dont know whats the problem on doing that and sell the stuff or keep it as spare.

Yah, try the Specialized Roubaix (still might have crappy wheels) or a Felt, but honestly most of the bikes you find will come with crappy wheels. That's just how it is now and how they can still sell the bikes for reasonable prices. Something has to give when the cost of parts has been shooting up in recent years. Use the crap wheels as winter or training wheels and get some new ones.

Also, ebay is your friend with regards to good, inexpensive cranks. I'm about to list 2 myself.

You might be able to negate the TCR's extra cm long TT with a short reach bar. The .5cm (.2") shorter HT should be easily remedied.
Also, the shop may switch out the compact crank for a standard, compacts are more marketable at present. As for the wheels, maybe they'll take the OEM ones in partial trade. But considering LBS prices on items like wheels, you'd probably do much better buying some online then unloading the old ones there as well.

Thanks for all the help so far. I don't understand the compact crank fad. If your halfway strong, a 53 is necessary in the pack I run with.

If you are already running with a 53, there is no reason to switch to compact.

You must live somewhere flat.

I'm strong as an OX. I'm also built like one (6'3" 240). What are you running for a casette on your current std double? perhaps a compact with an 11-21 casette would be fine for you. If your already running a STD double and an 11-21 then I agree, forget the compact. No reason not to talk to your shop and see if they can switch it out for cheap. Compacts aren't a fad, it's an intelligent way to save some weight and improve shifting up front without sacrificing gear range. As a heavy rider, I can coast well over 30mph going downhills so I don't really need to turn an 53-11 gear. hell, I almost never need to go with my 50-12 gear!

As others said, ****ty wheels on nice bikes seems to be the trend. There is another thread going on where a guy is about to get a $3200 madone 5.2 but it comes with piece of crap bontrager race wheels.