My Luna is "the bike" for me. I've been riding since the 1980s (racing back then) and was never very comfortable. After a very bad crash in 2003, my old classic 1983 Vitus was no longer rideable, and it never fit me well anyways. It took me two years to decide to get another road bike. In the meantime, I just commuted by bike on my Jamis Coda and did not do road rides.

I had heard of Luna Cycles through a racing club in Baltimore and through my old shop in College Park, Maryland (Proteus). I was intrigued, so I went to the website and admired Margo's custom bikes from afar. There was one pre-built bike that caught my eye, but I didn't do anything about it.

Then one of my dear friends in Santa Fe, NM had a baby and needed help with things, so I went out there for a week to play nanny and help out with chores. While I was there, I went to see Margo with the intention of seeing in that pre-built bike was still available and to see her "factory." She laughed at that, because her factory was her and her dogs in her garage.

I tried out that pre-built bike, and it was like riding a cloud. Margo said that it was a really good fit for me, and that a bike made custom for me would be very similar. I think we had to switch out the stem, but maybe not even that. It fit me like a glove. I had my checkbook with me, so I bought it right then and there, and Margo shipped it to me a few weeks later. I had it built up and an extensive fitting done at Proteus.

It is the absolute most comfortable and responsive bike I've ever ridden. I don't even feel like there's a bike under me. So while I did not go through the custom process, the bike was made by someone who really understands fit and bikes and bodies. FWIW, my body type is pretty average--I'm neither short nor tall. I'm a smidgen less than 5'6" tall. I have long legs with very long femurs and a short torso.

Maybe I just got lucky, but in all my decades of riding stock bikes, I've never ridden a bike like my Luna. And now I have a Bike Friday, that was made based on the measurements of my Luna, and it's very comfortable, too.

I would get another Luna without hesitation, and someday I will (cross bike, touring rig, MTB, Luna Una...). That's my story.