jimmytheeagle wrote:
Recently sold my S-Works Shiv. I've had two of them so looking for something new. I'm a Specialized and Diamondback dealer so considering the Andean. I'm 6'3" with long arms, short torso and long arms so the Shiv in a large was much better fit as it brought the base bar/arm pads closer to me where the XL had me too stretched out even with the seat post reversed. Comparing geometry the XL Andean is much closer in size to the large Shiv. Looking at the few Andean pictures you can find here, it seams everyone is riding with very little risers in the aerobars. Anyone have problems with fit on the Andean? Owners that have them, are you happy with the Andean over your previous bike?
I'm not your size, but no, I haven't had any issues with mine. I'm on an M, previous bike was a 54cm P3. I like it a lot and it fits me well. I'm 5'10"-5'11".
As an aside, I don't know if this has been fixed, but when I used the online fit tool last year it didn't really work at all. They wanted me to order an XL frame, which given my size and past bike experiences made absolutely no sense. I certainly wasn't going to trust that, so fredly fit me on a fit bike. He confirmed that I probably *could* have gotten onto the XL frame in the config they recommended, but the M is a much better, more versatile fit for me. fredly then fit me on the actual bike, and the size was correct.
Speaking of that, fredly, I think I should come down for a tune-up fit now that I have a year on it.
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