All this chat and whining about wee bikes... What about us BIG guys? It's very hard to find nice 63cm and up bikes! I feel fortunate to own a few, but most of them have horrendously short top tubes (57 - 58cm) for a long arm, long torso guy such as myself. Rare are the bikes with 60+ cm top tubes that allow a stem of less than 14cm to fit!
So when you come across those big guy bikes that are just too large, give guys like me and Mark Petry a thought... And don't get me started about racing with Brian Baylis in the 70's and trying to draft him!
The largest bike I owned was a 66cm. Singer now in the capable hands of Jim Cunningham @ Cyclart. The steerer tube was longer than the fork blades!
Mark (Too big) Ritz
Rainy Arcata, CA