I recently tried a few cube orad bikes for size in my LBS. I’m 5″6 and first off tried the 53cm Peleton, its fitted fine but the guy in the shop was concerned about a lot of seatpost showing. They happened to have a 56cm one built up too so I tried that. That also fitted fine! The shop had a good look at my position on the bike and said that maybe I could do with a slightly shorter stem than the 100mm stock one but otherwise it looked good.
My dilemma is what size should I go for? The TT on the bikes are 535 + 545 respectively. Thats not much difference. I’m not that familiar with road bikes to really make much of and educated guess on what is the right one to go for. Both felt fine!!
I know Cube sizes come up a bit smaller than other manufacturers so the 56 is essentially a 54cm. Its just at 5″6 I never thought I would be looking to get a 56cm frame!
Any advice on which to choose? Smaller frame longer stem, larger frame, shorter stem? If it was an MTB I would know what to do, but its not!