Originally Posted by
kdskaggs
Hi,
Sorry to be so confusing. I bought the Serotta from a bike shop in Colorado. The bike had been built to fit another woman but she decided she didn't want it and bought another Serotta instead. They sold me her Serotta for their cost. At the time, the bike felt wonderful. It was my first diamond frame road bike and I loved it! Over time, she has become painful to me. I had the stem changed to a longer stem so I could stretch out more over the bike. This didn't help. I'm told I would need about a 6" stem to get where I want to be. Scrunching describes the feeling perfectly. The bike is also very twitchy at speeds over 20 mph, I'm told this is due to the improper fit. I was reading about seeing the hub under the handlebars last night and the hub is WAY out in front of the handlebars on my bike.
I know any bike will feel completely different than what I have and I hate to make a costly mistake. I really don't know what to look for with regard to proper fit. The problem with my LBS is that they don't carry a large selection of bikes. They ordered the Ruby for me to try. It felt very different than my Serotta but I'm not sure it was in a good way. I was surprised to have glute soreness in 5 minutes. Since I've been riding my bikes, mountain too, for several years and I weight train several days a week with a trainer, I wouldn't expect glute weakness to be my problem.
I live in Oklahoma. Does anyone here have any recommendations for bike shops I can travel to? I'm contemplating driving to Texas to see a Serotta fit tech. I know my measurements aren't a definite way to buy a bike but it seems like a move in the right direction. I test rode dozens of bikes before I bought my current Serotta. I am definitely hard to fit. I'm 5'4" and weigh 95 pounds but my legs are longer than my 5'9" husband's.
Thanks for your help!
Kenda
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