I am of average height, I am 5'9 and some days it just sucks. Last night on my way home from class I stopped at a resale shop and picked up a beautiful bianchi, tripple butted columbus tubing and fork. Over all a very nice bike and it's in practically brand new condition. It's from the early 80's and it looks like its been hanging in a garage for 20 years. The best part is, I got it at an unbelievable price. The bad part, it's too big for me. I'm 5'9 and this bike is 62cm!!! I took it for a ride today and it rides like a dream, fast and very nimble. It didn't feel quite as huge as I thought it was, it is managable. It's hard to find quality vintage bicycles in my size in this area so I'm used to riding bigger bikes, but this is definately the biggest.
The plan is to keep it for now, I think I'm actually going to bring it down to Cirque. If someone is interested in possibly purchasing it or working out a trade let me know. email me for pics.
marc garcia
chicago