Specialized Myka FSR Comp - opinions?

[Aggie_Ama]

That's exactly what I did I was able to find a safire to try out...it was great and now my myka comp is on order! Should be here in a few days! Woo hoo, I can't wait! The Safire is the bomb, but a little out of my price range!
Let us know if you end up with the myka too!

Yeah the Safire is just a little more than I want to spend but I can take it on the trail and the Myka I can only go in the parking lot. I am thinking based on the fit of the parking lot test the Myka will be a dream but I am going to try a Trek Fuel too (my LBS might be able to swing a deal on it but dang it is ugly).

[bluejellybean]

Yeah the Safire is just a little more than I want to spend but I can take it on the trail and the Myka I can only go in the parking lot. I am thinking based on the fit of the parking lot test the Myka will be a dream but I am going to try a Trek Fuel too (my LBS might be able to swing a deal on it but dang it is ugly).

Let me know how the Fuel test run was like...I was looking at that one too, but didn't bother taking it out...(yeah, it makes you wonder why they made it baby poop brown...to blend in with the trails?!)

[Aggie_Ama]

Let me know how the Fuel test run was like...I was looking at that one too, but didn't bother taking it out...(yeah, it makes you wonder why they made it baby poop brown...to blend in with the trails?!)

It reminds me of this gawd awful brown Oldsmobile my Pawpaw had in the early 80's. Then he traded it on a nice sparkling light brown - the two colors in the Fuel! I told DH if I get her she is being named something like Delta (the car was a Delta 88).

I am test riding (and hopefully ordering!) this weekend.

[bluejellybean]

I got IT today!! I have to say, I'm a little hurtin' in the shoulders, but I just picked it up quickly in between work and will be going for a proper fit on the weekend. Looks like I'm going to have some fun times ahead...but, those platform pedals that it came with have got to go! I can't ride with them...maybe it's because I started off on a road bike, I like to be clipped in and can't seem to climb a hill too easily on my new Myka!

[pinkbikes]

Congratulations! Hope you really enjoy it!

I know what you mean about the pedals though. My first mtb came with SPD clipless pedals and I was a bit scared to be clipped in on my first ride off the road. So I left those little platform things they clip into them on there for the first ride. But it's funny, after the first few minutes I knew that I had to be clipped in - all those years of being clipped in on a roadie meant I felt completely insecure NOT clipped in! So I just loosened off the pedals as far as they would go, clipped in and prepared for the gumby stacks! Once you've been clipped in for so long, you're clipped in for life I'm afraid!

[bluejellybean]

Yeah, I felt like my feet were wanting to fly all over the place and just couldn't get the 'umph' to go! Hopefully there will be some in stock this weekend, otherwise it'll be another week to wait, but still, I plan on hittin' a trail or two this weekend to try it out!

[Aggie_Ama]

I am a huge fan of my Time Atac XL pedals. They are the women's version of the Time Atac XS. DH rides the XS and is also a big fan. Very easy engagement and disengagement.

[kenyonchris]

Yeah the Safire is just a little more than I want to spend but I can take it on the trail and the Myka I can only go in the parking lot. I am thinking based on the fit of the parking lot test the Myka will be a dream but I am going to try a Trek Fuel too (my LBS might be able to swing a deal on it but dang it is ugly).

I learned on a Specialized rockhopper hardtail...a fine little bike, I have a Specialized Era FSR that I have had for a little over a year and I LOVE it...and it was worth the five or six years to learn on the hardtail....I fully appreciate my bike!
I have a friend who rides the Myka, and it works great for her. She loves it. But FOR SURE try it out! Everyone is different.