Ms. Silque has arrived

[Crankin]

First ride will be tomorrow. Luckily, it will be a balmy 50-55 degrees.

[Blueberry]

Snazzy! May you have many happy miles together Can't wait for the ride report!

[azfiddle]

Beautiful! Enjoy!

[OakLeaf]

Nice! Happy riding!

[Pax]

Ooooooo spiffy!

[cosc]

Enjoy your new beauty. She looks very sleek and comfy.

[Catrin]

Congratulations, sounds wonderful, and like my experience with the Gunnar. So glad it was so positive!

[Crankin]

Nope, I did not end up with the zero offset seat post. I can't remember what they did, but it feels fine.
When we were riding home, I felt like riding by and showing the "other" LBS my new purchase, but it was really just a mean impulse. I might need them for something in the future.
However, I will be taking my Guru in to the new LBS and see if they can approximate the same geometry with bars on the Guru with a change of stem and position.

[OakLeaf]

Yay!!

What was the issue with the brifters, they're not selling the 11-speed short reach shifters in the USA at all?

Did it come with 165 mm cranks, or did you have to swap those out?

You're making me want to test ride one ...

[Crankin]

They basically stopped making the R700 short reach brifters sometime in the last 3 years. Because of my new position and my short and shallow bars, I can reach the brakes OK. It is not as good as with the short reach ones, but if I am in the curve of the drops, I can reach them.
I ordered it with 165s (this was one of the customized parts of the Project One). They thought it would take much longer to get here, as apparently there is a shortage of 165 cranks.
DH is going to get shorter cranks on his next bike, too.
You should test one, Oak. I can't believe how different this bike is from my Trek 5200, which I bought in 2004. That was a great WSD bike for that time, but times have changed.

[OakLeaf]

Yeah, I just saw the newer Ultegra levers have a screw adjuster for reach. Don't know why they didn't do that a long time ago.

[Bones8]

I mean fitting. Its so slow typing in my phone that I get muddled up lol

[IBrakeforPastry]

Wow! That sounds like an amazing bike riding experience. I may have to look into that in a few years.

I'm thinking of a trip to Boston...

[Crankin]

To ride?? Or are you talking about the fitting? There are Guru certified fitters in a lot of places. But, it's more the way they listened to me. That, I am afraid you have to ask around and get recommendations. The shop I went to knows me, because 12 years ago my son worked there, when he was in high school. I've bought a minimal amount of stuff there, but over the years, I've kept the relationship up. I always thought they were weird, but when my closest friend had a fitting there last winter and said they really listened to him, my mind was set. The other shop I bought my custom Guru and my Kuota from is way more race oriented and they have a rep for being snobby. They patronized me because one of their woman employees found out/read some not so nice comments I wrote about them here on TE. They figured out that everytime I went in there, I knew most of the other customers. And, I lead rides. I belong to 2 clubs, and I know people in the racing community, too, from when my son raced. I have a big mouth and they knew I would use it. So, when the original Kuota frame they sold me was way too big, they exchanged it for a smaller one, almost a year later, with no cost. The place I bought the Silque is more of an all around shop. They do a lot of community work, sell high end and regular people bikes, lots of commuter stuff, and (a plus for me) cross country skis, too. Every high school kid who loves cycling gets hired there; they were wonderful to my son.

[BlessedB]

Congratulations on Ms. Silque!
I went back and forth between a Silque and a Domane 4.7 - Ended up with the Domane because it was there in the shop and I could ride it; was afraid to order a bike I had never ridden, and no LBS's had a 56cm Silque in stock.
Wishing you many happy miles.
Oh, and the Domane feels like riding silk - no pun intended.