My 2012 Tarmac SL3 SR-11

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L84AD8
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by L84AD8

ace0fclub5 wrote:Yeah, I'll probably try to swap frames at some point this year, now that I know for certain I'm in need of a smaller size...............
Shorter crank arms at some point would probably help my knees, too.

Do yourself a favour and get a proper fitting done, it'll take out a lot of guess work and save you money down the road..
Otherwise, the bike looks nice..

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the smallest three sl3s were like all the same reach. Only thing that changed across the 49 52 and 54 was stack.

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ace0fclub5
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by ace0fclub5

btompkins0112 wrote:The LBS should help you out......did they not fit you for the frame in the first place? They should be ashamed of themselves if they did!

I think I'm partially at fault. Pretty sure I went in asking for a 54. My first steel road bike a couple years back was a 54 and I came to the conclusion of getting that size based off of a height chart, but this was back when I knew nothing of cycling. Still learning, and now that I'm riding more I'm starting to understand what I need.

nathanong87 wrote:the smallest three sl3s were like all the same reach. Only thing that changed across the 49 52 and 54 was stack.


Well, shit.

btompkins0112 wrote:Do yourself a favour and get a proper fitting done, it'll take out a lot of guess work and save you money down the road..
Otherwise, the bike looks nice..


Yeah, I'm just going to go ahead and schedule a Body Geometry fit this week. Too bad the LBS I bought it from doesn't do them.

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i mean with the steeper seattubes, there are some* differences. all hope isn't lost. But if you were going to stick specialized i'd do a 52 if i was you. Well im the same size and i DID a 52cm. RIP frame =(

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by euan

Nevermind

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