Quote Originally Posted by mimitabby
Hey Rebeccah, how come you couldn't see a foot ahead of your bike?

and that trek you got sounds like a good find, but i wonder about a 6' tall guy who works in a bike shop who bought a XS frame for himself!
that really cracks me up!

Enjoy your new bike!
Hi, Mimitabby.

I could only see a foot or two in front of the bike because I've gotten heavy and stiff, and my neck and shoulders have gotten weak -- it was too tiring to pick my head up for the whole ride, and if I tried to pick it up *and* look to the side, I'd turn my whole body and wouldn't steer straight. My drop bars are about an inch or two below the seat. Plus my butt hurt for 3/4 of the 10 mile ride, so I was constantly thinking about that and how to keep weight on my hands without my wrists getting tired and my hands getting numb.

Yeah, I had to wonder about the frame size but I guess he got the frame for cheap and just wanted to try building it up. I only knew it's an XS because I happened to have a Trek catalog (since I was shopping around), and he had posted the top tube and seat tube lengths. You're right, he should have known a 21" top tube would never be confortable for him.

But there's no question he's the one who built up the bike; he knew what components he had installed, the wrench sizes he had used (including a 3/16" rather than metric hex key for the seat post), had extra pieces for stuff he had mixed and matched (like the indexed front shifter and one quick-release and one non-quick-release skewer for the hubs, and the third chainring that wouldn't fit on the bottom bracket he installed). The bike has its limitations, but it was easy to know what I was getting, and for what I got, the price couldn't be beat.

Rebeccah

P.S. I took my longest ride in 6 years on it Saturday - 14 1/2 miles, with no butt pain on the B.67S saddle. Yay! Tired quads, gluts, and to a lesser degree shoulders, yes. But no sore butt.