Gosh I hate living in a small(ish) town. I have money burning a hole in my pocket and I've been wanting to buy a newbike for the last few months and there's nothing in town for me to ride! First off, I decided I really wanted to try the Trek 5.2 (5.1?) but after several weeks of waiting, they finally admitted that Trek isn't making any more and they won't be getting any in Canada at all. So I went off to look at other bikes. There's a nice looking Scott Contessa CR1 in town but it's one size too big for me. I called today to plead with them to bring in a 48cm (XS) but found out there's none available in CANADA! Then I asked about the Orbea Diva - nope, none in stock. There WAS one in the nearest town, an hour away, and I neglected to try it while I was there last weekend. Argh.

Whenever a bike store does have a bike I'm interested in, there's never one in my size so I can actually see how it fits me. They expect me to order one and hope for the best I guess. The only bike I've been able to ride so far, is a Ruby Comp which gave me an idea how the Expert will fit and it did feel great, but I haven't actually SEEN a Ruby Expert. I'm not 100% excited with the colour (black and silver) because it looks so much like my mountain bike but it looks like it will be the only bike I can actually get my hands on around here. And knowing my luck, I'll probably waffle juzt long enough for them to be out of them once I finally say "order it".

OK, thanks for letting me vent. There's no solution here I guess, other than jumping in the car and driving 4 hours to Vancouver, and THEN crossing my fingers that THEY have bikes in stock.