Quote Originally Posted by Lolo View Post
A note of thanks to all of the wonderful ladies on the forum for the priceless information. I've scoured and lurked for the past couple of weeks as I shopped for my perfect road bike. I narrowed the field down to a Trek Madone 4 series or a Specialized Ruby. Long story short I just took delivery of my Ruby with speed play light action pedals and road shoes. First day I road 31 miles, climbed 4500 ft and did not kiss pavement Honestly I was a little frightened reading the horror stories of clip less pedals but I did it!!! My local bike shop guy said that if I didn't get the hang of clip less after one dump I might as well hang up the road bike. Thanks for the encouragement dude?... Anyway my butt is sore from the stock saddle and hopefully my new saddle will address this issue. It was exhilarating to move up from my Trek 7.5 commuter to a carbon road bike. Climbing hills was sweet with my new SRAM gearing! Who knew... Thanks again gorgeous bike goddesses!
Yay, congrats on choosing a sweet bike! Okay, I have one also so I'm partial... but I do love my Ruby. I'm sure you'll have many, many happy miles with your new bike.

The Speedplays I'm still getting used to

Climbing IS much easier on the carbon frame, but you did really well. I'm impressed!

What saddle are you switching over to? The Lithia isn't bad, but not quite right for me either. Still considering what to try next.