Sale on Javelin complete bikes (Page 14)

It's a decently big box, but if you unwrap it carefully, toss the box (or fold it up for later use) it definitely will fit. 

chadtower - 2008-04-22 4:12 PM My Parma came in today... brought it to a recommended LBS. The guy looked at it, said "never heard of Javelin" and then proceeded to tell me not to get my hopes up but that he might take it in trade "on a good road bike" once he has put it together. Then he asked me how much I paid and went on a small rant about people selling "boxed bikes that the distributors aren't supposed to allow that way".

Not quite sure which distributors he is talking about, since Javelin is the maker and the distributor. I recommend, without knowing anything else about the LBS, that you find another one.

That's mixed...some resources will tell you to clean it off and relube, other resources say leave it.   At least that's different info I've found.  I figure, once I take it in for a tune up (which will be soon...wanted to give everything a good chance to stretch) I'll let them do it.

According to Sheldon Brown (RIP):

Factory Lube

New chains come pre-lubricated with a grease-type lubricant which has been installed at the factory. This is an excellent lubricant, and has been made to permeate all of the internal interstices in the chain.

This factory lube is superior to any lube that you can apply after the fact.

Some people make the bad mistake of deliberately removing this superior lubricant. Don't do this!

The factory lubricant all by itself is usually good for several hundred miles of service if the bike is not ridden in wet or dusty conditions. It is best not to apply any sort of lube to a new chain until it is clearly needed, because any wet lube you can apply will dilute the factory lube.

Top tube clearance means nothing and if you can even come close to touching the ground while on the saddle, you're saddle is too low.  A properly adjusted saddle should have you sitting with your feet on the pedal in its lowest position (6 o'clock) with your leg almost fully extended (knee angle approx 150-155 degrees). Another less-exact method to give you a rough estimation of proper saddle height is to sit on the saddle with your pelvis square and leg fully extended straight down with your heel planted on the pedal at 6 o'clock. This should be close to giving you the above angles when you are clipped into your pedals. Remember to make these adjustments while wearing your cycling shoes on, because the stack height of the combined sole and cleat will add to the height of the saddle needed for proper fit.

This may be too technical, but is a part of a series of articles on bike fit: http://www.slowtwitch.com/Bike_Fit/Seat_height_21.html from which this pic was taken:

I got a 51 Parma just 4 days ago, and they had lot of sizes left. So, you might still be in luck. But, I'd suggest calling them back. Seems to work better that way.