Originally Posted by djtrackie

Hey guys I went bike shopping yesterday... looking for my first road bike. I tested lots of different bikes in different sizes 52, 54, 54.8, 56. I was primarily looking at the Giant OCR3, Specialized Allez (base), and the Trek 1000.

At first, I was put on a size 54 trek 2100 - back hurts. It was really uncomfortable in my upper back to stretch my arms that far.

The Giant OCR3 size Medium fits me really well, i was really comfortable.

So I tried a size 52 Trek 1000 and that was good too.

The salesman thought that it was weird that i would be 5'10" and not "fit" a size 54. So we tried another size 54 and again it felt like a "stretch."


Is there something i'm doing wrong? seat not up high enough? wrong posture? Or could it just be that i'm more suited for a size 52?