I love my pilot 2.1. Got it in March 06 and it has proven very durable. So far it has 2 trans continental flights, one Acadia Park loop, one Pan Mass Challenge, and three metric centuries to its list of interesting stories. I am very happy with it. But it's important to get a good fit so you'll want to spend some time at the shop and hopefully on a test ride.Originally Posted by suzieqtwa
Good luck, ask me if you have more specific questions.
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10-09-2006, 10:20 AM #1
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10-09-2006, 12:34 PM #2
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I have the Pilot 1.2 WSD and love it. It fits me beautifully and that's the best starting point for any bike you buy.
Just test ride as many different bikes as you can to get a feel for what fits your body. If the Pilots fits, it's a great bike.
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10-20-2006, 04:35 AM #3
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the pilot 1.2 WSD is my dream bike right now, but I am here to tell you... Centuries are possible on even a "Comfort Bike"! I have a total of 21 metric centuries (rides over 62.137 miles) since 1 January and 7 of those are Imperial centuries, the longest being 118 miles! Hang in there. Show us pics when you get your new bike!
Don't think of it as getting hot flashes. Think of it as your inner child playing with matches
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10-20-2006, 05:03 AM #4
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Congrats on your first century
Susieq,
congrats on your ride! Sounds like you did well and enjoyed it, which is most important.
And you climbed above the clouds, that's fabulous.
When my sister got it into her head that she wanted to do the Cinderella, since her bike was not here (it lives in Norway) she got another bike: a Giant Sedona.
What was she thinking? 
When I saw it my jaw just dropped, when i tried to lift it to the roof rack I almost dropped. Even with slicks that was one heavy bike.
Nevertheless she completed 47 miles of the brutal-epic-Cinderella century.
In my mind she, and you have done your first century, it counts for one.
She's now got another bike, kinda a flat bar road bike, details of the shopping experience are somewhere here. (Trek stops here to pet the dog who has just joined me) anyway you will fly on your new bike
Fancy Schmancy Custom Road bike ~ Mondonico Futura Legero
Found on side of the road bike ~ Motobecane Mixte
Gravel bike ~ Salsa Vaya
Favorite bike ~ Soma Buena Vista mixte
Folder ~ Brompton
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10-20-2006, 05:54 AM #5
Sell crazy someplace else
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Congratulations!!!!!
As for bikes, we are a Trek family, so I am biased.
Jennifer
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
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10-20-2006, 06:10 AM #6
The Hills! The Hills! Eek
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Næh, I didn't do 47. I did 42. SuzieQ has already got me beat by 4 miles.
Waytago Q! My new bike is a Trek 7.6, and compared to the Sedona it's like riding a jet-powered feather.
Half-marathon over. Sabbatical year over. It's back to "sacking shirt and oat cakes" as they say here.
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10-21-2006, 12:59 PM #7
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Originally Posted by mary9761
SHUSH!!!! Good GRIEF! Don't SAY that!
I know this is a women's forum, but guys CAN read it, and that means that DH CAN see it!
Actually went into a bike shop today, with him, I looked at the bikes, he looked at the price tags on the bikes. The ONLY thing he came away with was "the cheapest one cost more than our two bikes put together. Ride your Expedition and be happy with it.
You would think he could at LEAST be willing to find out WHY they cost more! But NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo he says, well, how about we go over to Ken's and see what they've got? OK, that sounds good to me (even though they're FAR more MTB oriented), maybe he's coming around here, maybe? and then he just looks at all the price tags and says ride your Expedition.....
What the heck am I going to do with this man???? Taking up bike riding was his idea, and darn it, he doesn't get it yet!
Karen in Boise
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