Quote Originally Posted by pooks View Post
He told me that my Brooks wouldn't work on a road bike and thought I'd probably like the saddle that comes on the Trek. When I mentioned that I'd be wanting a Brooks on my new road bike, if not the b67 I already have, another one, he gave a slight grimace and shrugged, and didn't say anything else about it.
Well that right there tells you he doesn't know as much as he is pretending he does. Brooks saddles work GREAT on most road bikes. Ask all the happy Brooks roadies right here on TE. And of COURSE he'd suggest the saddle that comes with your bike will be good for you- he doesn't want to have to take it off and give you credit for the price of the saddle! I'd be suspicious of HIS "smoke and mirrors". Everything you say the first guy said sounds quite sensible to me, without taking lots of your money either.
Get the right size frame. That's your base. ALL the fit details can be tweaked endlessly later on anyway. The frame size cannot.