which road bikes...

[elk]

well!

If you saw my "we did it!!" post in non-cycling...you know that I went out for some reality shoppping....and boy did I learn alot!!

-I learned that a road bike is WAY different than a hybrid...I crashed into a store window just trying to get ON the Surly..!! I then had the seat lowered so I wouldn't feel so bent and stretched..and by golly...I was riding in a matter of minutes...But very uncomfortably. My knees were like hitting my chin..!! But the bike moved beautifully.
-I learned that the Casseroll will not fit me
-I learned that that Trek 520 is great looking and I'm having a small size sent out to my branch of the LBS so I can try it.
-One of the guys from the store where I bought my Globe had me in a freakin tutorial...but I did learn A LOT!! He is an ex racer and an ex fitter who studied at the Serotta school and with Andy Pruitt....He told me I needed to test ride a lot and hop on the learning curve, he showed me how you lean instead of turn the bars, the posture for a road bike and where to keep my hands. He told me the Casseroll probably wouldn't work...like the Aurora, it wasn't a match. He did have me sit on a Seven they built with the stem a bit higher (it was ....ahem...titanium) and a Cannondale....and the Seven was sweet!!! He told me that certain bikes just don't work for certain people...and for me he liked the Seven, said he bet a Gunnar would be a good fit..and more to be determined.
-He told me I should go for a frame less than a 48 and a TT shorter than 52.
-I crashed several times today...but always into walls or windows and caught myself with my hand..and my whole body hurts!! It was a work out!!

what a caper!