Riding a road bike

[elk]

I think if I could have anything...knowing what I know at this moment...I'd take a custom lugged Waterford....i just think they are so beautiful....I love the sleek simple lines....

So maybe the Gunnar should be up there...but thass alota dough!! And only if I could NOT get that big ugly decal. Simple, boys, keep it simple...

I wish I could remember more about what this guy said...I don't know why after we tried a 48 Casseroll, and knowing that there is a 45 he said the Casseroll is not a good fit.....He put me on a Cannondale and a Seven....I didn't even want to ride the Seven it was so nice!! Titanium...hand made.

I'm going to try the trek 520 this week...the tt may be a little long....

I get it: trust the LBS....which means go to the one you trust...I haven't had any bad experiences...but I researc h the places before I go... PLUS..."my" 50cm Ram is on ebay again...

[KnottedYet]

I think if I could have anything...knowing what I know at this moment...I'd take a custom lugged Waterford....i just think they are so beautiful....I love the sleek simple lines....

So maybe the Gunnar should be up there...

Like this one?


Honestly, the Gunnar isn't that expensive in the long run. The frame is only a couple hundred more than a Soma or Surly or Casaroll frame (non-lugged, like the Gunnar). When I was looking into doing a steel frame build-up one bike shop told me to choose a frame I liked, buy a cheaper bike with the parts I liked, and swap them over then sell the cheap bike frame. They said it would be less expensive to do that than to buy parts individually.

I went out and bought a Surly "complete" instead for less than $1,000; then spent another $19 to have a granny chainring put on.

I constantly writhe with bike lust for EVERY bike I see, but between my Surly and my Waterford my bike needs really are met.

[elk]

look at this beauty: http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/468027048.html

I have seen SO many nice used bikes that I would buy in a heartbeat but they're ALL too big!!!

That rambouillet is back....the 50cm that WOULD fit. He took hte light and the fenders off and he's starting the bidding at 1500.

So a Gunnar, eh.... that would end up costing more than 1500 by double...right? 3000 ????

p.s. I only wrote this 5 minutes AFTER staring at your Waterford....

[KnottedYet]

$85 steel baby-blue 48cm Nishiki mixte 12 spd with mostly SunTour components at my LBS. (can you believe I *didn't* buy it?!?!?!)

Bike lust stikes again...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Elk, I thought you said most bikes don't fit you because they don't have a long enough top tube for your long torso and short legs? Has that issue changed?

[elk]

Hi Lisa...I guess I was wrong! I'm more normal than I thought!

>48 frame >52 top tube I guess that just puts me on that smaller bike after all. I think I was probably remembering that trek WSD I tried that felt so cramped in the cockpit and a little high in the seat.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Hi Lisa...I guess I was wrong! I'm more normal than I thought!

>48 frame >52 top tube I guess that just puts me on that smaller bike after all. I think I was probably remembering that trek WSD I tried that felt so cramped in the cockpit and a little high in the seat.

Well good- that opens up a whole lotta possibilities for you then.
Maybe your arms shrank!

Are you still wanting a steel bike? That will narrow it down again. How race-aggressive do you want your riding posture to be?