My New Bike (to be anyways)

[WindingRoad]

I attached a picture, I hope it worked. This is the nicest bike I will have EVER owned. I can't wait to get back in good riding shape and take this beauty out for a real ride. It is staying at the bikeshop till spring gets here :)

[rebeccaC]

i see many great adventures/miles in your future...:)....luv that orange color too and it's very visible as a big plus!!!!!

[azfiddle]

Sweet! First cousin to my Ruby (less than 48 hours until I take possession!)

[OakLeaf]

Nice! Hope your roads are free of snow, salt and cinder very soon!

[Pax]

That is one beautiful bike, congrats!

[Crankin]

Looks really nice!

[emily_in_nc]

That's a gorgeous bike! I love the Mango color -- one of my very faves! I am envious!

[ny biker]

Nice! Interesting that the bike shop will keep it until spring -- are they charging for storage?

[WindingRoad]

Finally got my bike so I can actually ride it. Simply put, I love it. Everything with the exception of the saddle. It is a men's model so it's just the stock seat. The electronic shifting works great and the brakes are amazing! Overall the ride is awesome, you can tell this bike was made for riding on bad roads. I do need to find a more appropriate saddle. Historically I have used the Terry Butterly Ti and that has worked well. I have hips so narrow saddles won't cut it. Anyone have any suggestions, I'm open to trying something new.

[Crankin]

You know as well as anyone, that saddles are totally individual. Murienn is the queen of saddle knowledge around here. I thought the Terry Falcon was the one, and got used to soft tissue pain on long rides, for years. When I bought my Silque, I skeptically tried the Specialized Oura. The LBS guy told me my azz would hurt for a good while, and magically, I would get my sit bones used to it, and there would be no soft tissue pain. He was totally right.

[north woods gal]

Little late on this, but what a nice bike for sure! i've always preferred those "happy and cheery" kinds of colors and, as mentioned, safer, too.

Yeah, the saddle thing. I can get by with the usual guy's saddle on a new bike, for awhile, but, sooner or later, the lack of support across my hip bones gets to me, too. I usually have just headed to a local shop to buy a WSD saddle from what they had in stock, but maybe it's time I started to give it more thought. Currently have two bikes that need a saddle upgrade from the stock men's.

[WindingRoad]

So finding a saddle was a bit more complicated than I thought. It has a carbon saddle that came with it which I didn't realize had special sized rails. I couldn't just get a standard saddle without swapping out the seat post which I really didn't want to do. Fortunately Terry makes a carbon Butterfly. That saddle is amazing. I have other Terry Butterflies but this one is so flexible. I can't wait to give it a real try out :)

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[north woods gal]

By coincidence, just bought a Terry for the Fargo and have yet to give it a try.

[WindingRoad]

NWG - I think the Terry Butterfly works good if you are hippy like I am. I have recommended it to other girlfriends who have woman hips and they have all appreciated its design. I think the width of the Butterfly is about 155 mm which is significantly wider in the rear of the saddle than most others.

I have a Ti butterfly on my other roadbike and its been a good saddle. I tried a chromoly Butterfly once and it was like sitting on a brick. I assume Terry must make their higher end saddles more comfortable, flexible? The reason I say this is b/c the Ti was so much more flexible than the chromoly and now the carbon one is simply amazingly flexible. I'm excited to try it out :-)

[north woods gal]

Been itching to get out and try the new Terry, but rain, rain and more rain, these past few days. Getting some brief rides in, between showers, but most of my riding has been indoors on the trainer. :(

[WindingRoad]

As usual my Terry Butterfly did not disappoint and yes the carbon is even more comfy than the Ti. Now if I could get my shorts situated.

[ny biker]

Saddle success is always worth celebrating! What problems are you having with your shorts?

[WindingRoad]

Well all my old ones no longer fit because I gained some weight :-( I'm working on that though. The ones I currently have that are still useful are really old or lighter cushioning. I have been reading short reviews till my eyes are ready to bug out of my head then I give up and STILL don't order some new shorts! I'm beginning to annoy myself. They are just so expensive I hate to order some then they really suck.

[north woods gal]

Have been riding the Salsa with the newly added Terry Butterfly (chrome molly model) and I very pleased. It fits! Yeah! Makes an already comfy bike even more comfy to ride. (The Salsa Fargo is a 29er with drop bars and those big 2.3" tires, so sort of an all terrain road bike.)

[WindingRoad]

I did pretty much the same to my Salsa Vaya, LOL. Super comfy bike. I don't have the actual Terry on my Vaya but it is similar. I do love that bike :-)

I just ordered some shorts. I'm even trying a pair of bibs (PI Pros). I had these before but they are all too small now. So I ordered them in larger sizes and hopefully I'll shrink into the old ones but I have a lot of miles before that happens me thinks. :p

[ny biker]

I hope the PI bibs work out. Fabric and fit can make a difference, but the most important thing for me is the chamois. Hopefully a different size of shorts that worked in the past will be all you need.

[north woods gal]

I did pretty much the same to my Salsa Vaya, LOL. Super comfy bike. I don't have the actual Terry on my Vaya but it is similar. I do love that bike :-)

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Almost bought the Vaya, but went with even bigger tires via the Fargo, on the advice of the bike shop owner, since we have a lot of fire roads and rough gravel and dirt roads, up here. Some of our paved rads are nasty, too. Just love the way the bike rolls over anything.