Those Wabi frames run bigger than their size suggests. My preferred top tube length is about 545ish at 5’10, which puts me on a 52cm. I’m pretty sure 55cm would be too big for you. You can make it work but it wouldn’t be ideal. being too stretched out could lead to shoulder/neck pain, etc. Also, standover height on 55cm is 32.4 inches, which is pretty tall for someone 5’8 (Generalizing here, since you could have really long legs)
That bike has swept back bars though… which shortens the reach a bit, but based on that and seat position they also bought a 55cm when they should be riding a 52cm
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Those Wabi frames run bigger than their size suggests. My preferred top tube length is about 545ish at 5’10, which puts me on a 52cm. I’m pretty sure 55cm would be too big for you. You can make it work but it wouldn’t be ideal. being too stretched out could lead to shoulder/neck pain, etc. Also, standover height on 55cm is 32.4 inches, which is pretty tall for someone 5’8 (Generalizing here, since you could have really long legs)
That bike has swept back bars though… which shortens the reach a bit, but based on that and seat position they also bought a 55cm when they should be riding a 52cm