Trek Pilot advice

[Zen]

I have a Pilot 1.2 WSD.
Now I'm happy with it but had to buy a new saddle, pedals and I just did not have the reach/strength to shift the front chain ring so I had to have a bar end friction shifter installed.

I simply did not try enough bikes. OK, I admit it, I didn't try any bikes, I just somehow got it in my head that the Pilot was what I wanted.

Don't get me wrong though. It's a good bike for the money, it fits great,it shifts well and it's reasonably light. Just make sure you ride it first

[Aquila]

I love mine! I have a WSD, too, and I love that the brakes are small enough that they're easy for me to reach, and such (I have short fingers, and could never reach regular brakes comfortably). Mine fits me well and seems to work nicely, though I just got it and only have 300 or so miles on it.

I tried out tons of bikes for short rides, of a mile or two. Things are different at 25 miles, though; I'd ride longer if I knew what I know now. (I had to adjusts the handlebars a bit for wrist comfort, but things are going well now.)

[surgtech1956]

Is the Pilot considered a cyclocross bike?

[Zen]

nooooo.
Check down in the Cyclocross section for those.

[kjay]

Yes, I have a Trek Pilot (WSD) that I got last year (black) and it's perfect for me. I didn't change out anything. It was the first bike I tested and the one I bought.

[Zen]

If you want to ride clipless you have to change the pedals.
Anything over ten miles put the hurtin' on my bum with that low end Bontrager.

[mlove]

I have a Pilot wsd and I love it, even though I am still messing around with saddles and saddle adjustment. It is very light (I have the 5.2) and handles well.