Road Bike Shopping- Day one, the adventure begins

[ace]

She's getting her beauty rest, Kathi.

Are you in the SF bay area, rogue dog? My lbs is Cycle Sports on Grand Ave. in Oakland. They are really good, helpful guys.....in it for the love of the sport.

http://www.cyclesportsonline.com/index.htm

[BookGnome]

Congrats, Ace! And keep us updated on what you go with. I'm in a similar situation. Just had a fitting last week at my LBS and decided to go with a custom Waterford (I'm 5'1 with stubby legs). We haven't even gotten to picking out all of the parts yet and I'm sooo excited. As this is all pretty new to me, and being the info geek that I am, I am devouring this forum and a few books so that I can have some understanding of the many choices there are for components. Wheee! Let's do the bike dance together

[ace]

Cool, BookGnome. Keep me posted on your progress.

I was shocked to find out that I have a 32 1/2 bike inseam. I didn't think I had particularly long legs, but I guess I do. Maybe that's why I have such big feet?

I have to admit, my eyes glaze over at the talk of components. I'm glad I'm working with guys who I trust, because there's only so much I can/want to absorb, and I know I'll get to the point of saying "uh, yeah, that sounds good. Uh-huh...now gimme the bike....."