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Well...I tossed and turned all night thinking about the Onix. Kept wondering if there was something I should have asked about to fix the stretched-out feeling. Went to LBS and talked to someone and they switched out the handlebars to smaller ones. Made a heap of a difference! The guy even commented that the stock handlebars were pretty huge. The change brought my hand position in over a cm without messing with the stem length (he was reluctant to go that route saying it would make the bike twitchy).
So I ended up buying the Onix Dama! I hope I made the right decision. I got a discount so the price ended up being pretty close to the Trek, especially considering the Onix has more Ultegra SL and I'm more in love with the look of the bike.
I will say the Trek fit was very comfy and now, even if I don't feel stretched out so much, I feel like the Onix has more aggressive geometry which I'm hoping is something that I just need to get used to after only riding upright bikes.
I got clipless pedals put on but no shoes yet. Wasn't a fan of any of the shoes that the store had.So my next mission is to get a pair of shoes then the LBS will put the cleats on for me. Can't wait to get riding!!
The thing about going to so many LBS's is that they all have different opinions and sometimes it's hard to know who is right and who isn't or what shade of gray to follow.
The LBS I ended up buying from doesn't have the best down-the-road-we'll-take-care-of-you policy (first 3 months versus life-time from other stores), but I have found some other very nice LBS's that I wouldn't hesitate to take the bike in for service in the future.
Sorry so long-winded! Thanks everyone for there help so far. I'm sure I'll have lots of more questions soon.



I like reading about all of it to learn about everything!
So my next mission is to get a pair of shoes then the LBS will put the cleats on for me. Can't wait to get riding!!
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