I have really small hands. I know I was able to change gears on the left hand side of the handlebars of the Trek 7.6 FX WSD when I test rode the bike. If I remember, I think I had difficulty with it, but thought that that was how it was supposed to be. I realize I never should have accepted that. The Ruby is so easy to change gears!

I took the bike out for its first ride this morning and I couldn't reach far enough at all to change the gear on the left hand side of the handle bars. So it's another trip to the LBS which is 35 miles away. I hope they can fix the problem; it's a pretty spendy bicycle. The LBS special ordered it for me so I felt I had to buy the bike. Fortunately, the bikes are returnable for store credit. If it can't be adjusted, I will have to find something else.

All this drama is because our bikes were stolen and we bought new bikes before our old ones were recovered.

PS: Just for laughs I will tell you the wonderful solution my SO came up with. I can get off the bike and change the sprocket when I need to!