I ordered my new bike!

**kelownagirl** · 05-18-2008, 04:41 PM

Well I tried many bikes and found a number that were close but the Trek Madone 5.1 won out! Not only was it a great ride, it's bea-u-ti-ful too! I won't get it for 7-10 days so I won't be able to ride it for my metric century next weekend but, ah well... DH rode a brand new Trek Madone 5.2 home today. But he promised to ride his old bike next Sunday, for my sake. What a nice guy!

Now I have to decide a few things:

1. Should I stick with 165's like I have on my current bike? (One guy said stay with 165's, the other was leaning toward me switching to 170's)

2. Should I get aerobars? (Here's my long, involved thinking on that one. I have aerobars on my current bike. I like them well enough and I want to keep them on my old bike for the trainer. However, because I have short legs, I can get lower (and feel more power) when I'm in the drops, than when I am in aero. The tri route here is windy and hilly and not really conducive to tri bikes and/or aero bars. Can I get "aero" enough if I'm in the drops? Should I even bother with aerobars? And if I do, should I get the regular ones, or the fancy ones that are straight and have bar end shifters (or do those only come on tri bikes?) )

3. I liked the ergonomic (?) bar on the Ruby. Should I get something similar on this bike if I don't go with aero bars?

4. I didn't like the Bontrager seat. They only have one halfway decent seat for me to try so I guess that'll be it. I might just have to go back to Penticton and buy the Specialized saddle they had on the Ruby.

5. I THINK it was has 11-25, if so, I think I''ll switch to a 12-27 on the compact. I'm used to a triple.