Bike Fit/LBS/and Regrets

[CyborgQueen]

To the shops credit, many manufactures do not warranty cosmetic issues, to which to replace the frame would have been at the shops expense. They could have been MUCH better at telling you IMHO and I'd be peeved too. Don't know what brands of saddles they sell, but both Trek and Specialized offer 90 day fit promise, which means it dont "fit" yer heiney you get your money back no questions asked. We're too busy is a bunch of bull too. This sounds like the local "mega" shop here. I did buy a very expensive bike from them, but only because the price was, well... a really good deal and that chain is the only one around here that sells Specialized. I didn't have a problem at all with taking said bike over to the Trek dealer for my service where they have always treated me with open arms.

I agree...they do have various saddles for people to buy, 30 days return, BUT you have to pay restocking fee. I went to another bike shop, returned the saddle...AFTER 30 days, they took it back without question. Bought a new saddle from them (even though I could have gotten it online for nearly half price), and they said if I have problems with it, I can just return it, no questions asked. But damn...I should have asked for a black saddle. Oh well! :-) I can understand the cosmetic issue, but they weren't helpful at all. They could have been more "concerned" and nicer about it instead of just snubbing it off.



The bike builder friend - hmm...he only does steel bikes. ;-) I'll consider it. Need to try the new fit for a while and see what happens. It could be better than what I had, and good enough for now.

[Crankin]

DH just sold both his Jamis Coda Sport and my Coda Femme in about 30 seconds, at his work list serve for cyclists. There were at least 5 people who wanted to buy each of them!

[indysteel]

Eek; you're 5 feet tall and they sold you a 48? I gotta say that that seems a little big to me, too. That's the size Jamis I own (in an Aurora), and I'm 5'4.

[CyborgQueen]

Eek; you're 5 feet tall and they sold you a 48? I gotta say that that seems a little big to me, too. That's the size Jamis I own (in an Aurora), and I'm 5'4.

HA! See my point? It should've been a little bit obvious....whatever.

[CyborgQueen]

GOOD NEWS!!!!!


I emailed Jamis of my plight...okay I didn't exactly give them a life story, but I basically told them that I was 5' shortish legs and gave them a condensed version of how I discovered that I needed a 44 instead.

I totally was not expecting anything....

Heard back from Jamis this morning, and they want to make me happy, so they're going to sell me a frame, they don't normally do this, but they want to make it right...pretty much the exact frame I had - alu/carbon. So I'm not losing anything, but...it's a 44cm Femme frame.

SO...it's not exactly a new bike, but hey, it's the frame in MY size. Once I get all the components over, I should be much more happier and more comfortable. Thank goodness that it accepts 700 wheels...otherwise I'll have to sell my Mavic Cosmic Carbones (I didn't buy it...my Mom did) too.

Thank you KnottedYet for the suggestion!

EDIT: I haven't BOUGHT the frame yet...it comes down to cost. *crossing fingers that it's not that much*

[tytbody]

Wow, Queen. That's awesome news. !!!! so will you have to change over all the components or will you go the bike shop your purchased from? And also good on the wheels.

What state do you live in?

[Cataboo]

HA! See my point? It should've been a little bit obvious....whatever.

I'm 5'1 & I ride between a 48-50 cm bike. Anything smaller than that has too short of a top tube for me, too steep of a seat tube angle (the 76 degree seattube angle that you want makes me shudder, anything more than 73 degrees is horrible on my knees)...

So no, I wouldn't think it's completely obvious that you wouldn't have fit a 48, because I would fit a 48. I wouldn't have much standover, but that's fine - I'd rather not have standover & have a seat tube angle & top tube that works for me.

It was great of Jamis to work with you.

I don't think buying a WSD to begin with would have necesarily solved all of your problems - most people who buy wsd still get fitted to their bike and they still have to change the handlebars. Not all women have the same size shoulders. Stems, handlebars, seatposts, and saddles are all things that I think people automatically change when buying a new bike, you hope that the bike fitter will work with you on it...

As for shifters, only some of the WSD come with short reach shifters. I wear XS women's gloves & have stubby short fingers, but I've never had a problem using standard size shifters in ultegra or 105... and I don't put shims on my shifters.

[goldfinch]

Eek; you're 5 feet tall and they sold you a 48? I gotta say that that seems a little big to me, too. That's the size Jamis I own (in an Aurora), and I'm 5'4.

And her inseam is only 26". This does seem to be a sale that should never have been made. I am an inch shorter and a Jamis dealer said maybe, just maybe a 44cm will fit me but it might be too big.

Queen, good to hear that Jamis is willing to sell you just the frame.

[Koronin]

That is awesome they are helping you out!

[jlnc]

I was searching for threads on stem length and came across this one.
Just bumping the thread to see if Cyborg has any updates on her situation?