Soldato
Hi all,
So I bought a Cannondale CAAD8 a couple of weeks ago in a size 56, I'm 5ft 10.5" and have a 30.5" leg (so short legs and a long torso I think that means) and I have barely no standover height clearance over the top tube at all... infact there's no space, just my boys sitting on the bar - although I am flat footed and comfortable - there's just no space between it.
Anyway I just felt after a couple of rides that the bike felt too big - so I took it back yesterday and got a quick free bike fit where the saddle was brought forward and the handle bars raised - I could see myself on the screen whilst pedalling and she did some measurements and said it all looks ok and the geometry was fine... she said the 56 is the right frame for me, and after the tweaks she made it does feel much better and more comfortable... before the handlebars were lower and the brakes felt too far away for me to get a good grip on so I felt as though I was stretching.
Thing is I totally forgot to ask her about the standover height - in the Cannondale manual I got with the bike it says if there's no clearance the bike is too big and you must not ride it, but three people at two LBS have now said the 54 is too small and the 56 is the right frame and not batted an eye lid when I stood over the 56...
So do I need a completely different bike altogether or should I be ok on it?
So I bought a Cannondale CAAD8 a couple of weeks ago in a size 56, I'm 5ft 10.5" and have a 30.5" leg (so short legs and a long torso I think that means) and I have barely no standover height clearance over the top tube at all... infact there's no space, just my boys sitting on the bar - although I am flat footed and comfortable - there's just no space between it.
Anyway I just felt after a couple of rides that the bike felt too big - so I took it back yesterday and got a quick free bike fit where the saddle was brought forward and the handle bars raised - I could see myself on the screen whilst pedalling and she did some measurements and said it all looks ok and the geometry was fine... she said the 56 is the right frame for me, and after the tweaks she made it does feel much better and more comfortable... before the handlebars were lower and the brakes felt too far away for me to get a good grip on so I felt as though I was stretching.
Thing is I totally forgot to ask her about the standover height - in the Cannondale manual I got with the bike it says if there's no clearance the bike is too big and you must not ride it, but three people at two LBS have now said the 54 is too small and the 56 is the right frame and not batted an eye lid when I stood over the 56...
So do I need a completely different bike altogether or should I be ok on it?