So I just recently bought my first real bike, a Cannondale Quick 4. I'd been biking for about a year before but on a really cheap bike.

I went to a few stores, tried out the Trek FX line, the Giant Escape, Specialized Vita, and Cannondale Quick. I had narrowed it down to between the Vita and what I thought was the Quick 5 Women's bike, both at the same store. Due to either weather or work, I went back about a month later, intending to choose between the two, leaning toward the Cannondale, because it had a smoother ride and the handlebars were not so wide. When I went back they didn't have the Quick 5 so they said I should try the Quick 4 and if I liked it, they'd discount it. Well I didn't go out on either bike for too long, because I had already done a test ride before. I definitely sat better in the Cannondale, so I went for that one. But I had them give me the specialized saddle, because after riding like 15 different bikes, that was the one that was the most comfortable. They put it on but didn't adjust it, and I rode it home, which is when I realized I wasn't seated so properly on it.

I went back and had them adjust it this past weekend but I was running late for somewhere so I didn't have time to mess around w/ it. It's still not that great, so I'm gonna have to go back again this weekend. I keep feeling like the saddle should be closer, or that it's not tilted right. All the bike shops around here are closed by the time I finish work, so I really have no option but to go there on weekends.

When I was looking at bike specs online, I discovered that the bike I bought is the men's version, because they don't have that color in the women's version. So now I'm wondering (1) if I actually tried the women's version of the Quick 5, and (2) if it was the women's version I tried the first time, could the difference in size be the reason I feel the saddle is too far back?

I'm gonna go back and have them readjust things this weekend, but I'm wondering if I should mention that I thought it was the women's bike and it's not, and see what they say. Is there anything I should insist on as far as adjusting goes? Or do I just have to have them keep doing it and then take a ride on it until it's better?

Thanks