Hello everyone,

I recently bought 58 cm 2011 specialized allez comp bike. I am 181 cm tall with shoes. I am wondering if my bike is big for me. I know it really depends and varies person to person but I am just curious to know, what specialized frame preference for guys of similar height have.

We need the full list of your cycling measurements. At least your cycling inseam. But others would help too. Go here for help. www.competitivecyclist.com/Store/catalog/fitCalculatorBike.jsp

Actually that site may answer your question before you are done.

How does it feel********************??? Have you made any adjustments?

I am 182 cm tall standard leg to torso ratio and ride a 56 tarmac. It is on the small end of fits well and the 58cm bikes were on the large end of fits well. I bet ether frame could be dialed in for me. For you it all depends. Unless you have a very long or short torso I bet ether frame could fit depending on what you like. I wanted to ride the smaller frame so it could be set up a bit more aggressively

I'm 181 and ride a 58 Specialized Roubaix Comp Road and felt the same way. A 56 would have been fine with adjustments also, but I had more room to adjust on the 58.

182.3 cm tall and ride 56 Allez

I'm 188 cm tall and ride a 57 cm frame (56 cm ett)

This is being approached very wrong. Your height isn't a factor in the correct frame size. (It's only used with an assumption of the proportions of your body to your height).

The prime factors for size are inseam & femur length, where stack and "setback" are major measurements. Torso, arm, and how you tend to sit on your saddle (riding style) matter with reach (and stack if you have a very aggressive or very gran fonda style).

^This is only a generalization on bike fitting. Please go to a bike shop and actually ride the Specalized.

Thank You. I went to my local bike store and they said 56 is what they would recommend for me. But I got a used 58 cm and it fits okay to me. I do not think it is the perfect fit to me and I do not think I can adjust it to be more aggressive like lowering the handle and going more aero. Also, I am 181 with shoes and 179 without shoes and inseem is 32.

Could you please let me know what adjustments you made to work fit you. I will try to see if I can make any of those changes.

They must have told him "French Fit"

Standard adjustments on seat, stem, etc. I didn't buy any additional parts if that's what your asking.

Ok. Thank you.