Quote Originally Posted by Livin the Dream View Post
Are you happy with your Trek Pilot? The LBS I'm going to on Saturday has several Pilot 1.0's on sale, at least according to their web site. I've got it on my list of bikes I want to try. Is there a big difference in riding position from the Trek 1000 to the Pilot?
Hi Livin',

For me, a short test ride doesn't do a whole lot except tell me when a bike is definitely uncomfortable. I'm pretty new to riding, so it takes a little while (20 miles or so) for me to realize stuff feels weird or that it could be better (and then, half the time, I'm not sure if it's just me getting used to something new or is something is actually wrong).

Both the 1000 and Pilot 2.1 felt great when I first hopped on them and did test rides. It was only after doing a longer ride on the 1000 that I wanted to do some extra tweaking. Like Northstar mentioned, one of the things my LBS did was swap out the stem to see if that would help (which it did...some).

I didn't realize a huge difference in the riding position between the two, but I was definitely more comfortable on the Pilot for a 75 mile ride than a similar ride on the 1000. Plus, the sloping top tube is nice for a little extra clearance since I'm so short. They switched out the stem on the Pilot to the longer size to match the 1000, but it actually fit better with the stock stem on the Pilot.

Sorry for being so long winded, but I hope that helped some!