Bike shopping assistance :)

[atombessy]

murielalex! it looks amazing! Now I'm super excited to actually get this order in I'll have to stalk you for a bit to get more ride reports about your gunnar!

Muirenn, agreed on the green, it's not a current color though, so it would cost extra, boogers! My husband didn't flinch too hard on doing color upgrades though, so we'll see My husband has campy on his surly and loves it, I've never had a chance to try using it on a bike that's near fitting me (Mr. atombessy is a foot taller than me, my feet don't touch on this bikes!) or else i'd consider it more seriously I think too....

[Laguna]

Agree with others who've suggested that you not go back to the shop that you're uncomfortable with. Otherwise if you have fit problems you'll always wonder if they didn't measure you correctly and you'll kick yourself. The Gunnar is too nice a bike to get one that does't fit.

YES, call Gunnar and get their opinion on fit and even if you have to drive two hours to a shop that does a LOT of fitting and comes recommended...it will be worth it.

[Catrin]

Agree with others who've suggested that you not go back to the shop that you're uncomfortable with. Otherwise if you have fit problems you'll always wonder if they didn't measure you correctly and you'll kick yourself. The Gunnar is too nice a bike to get one that does't fit.

YES, call Gunnar and get their opinion on fit and even if you have to drive two hours to a shop that does a LOT of fitting and comes recommended...it will be worth it.

This! Also to keep in mind, while Gunnar does have a good number of stock sizes, they don't have every possible size available. In my case I HAD to have a true one-off custom frame design (for multiple reasons). You really need a good fitter who is dedicated to selling you what YOU need and who is willing to think outside of the box if that is needed. In most cases a true full custom frame isn't needed, but you need to have a fitter who can tell the difference. From what you have said, your original LBS can't be trusted to help you get what YOU need.

Call Waterford (who makes Gunnar) and get their advice on other options. I didn't look to see where you are located, I suppose you aren't remotely in driving distance from Indianapolis? We have a fantastic fitter here who works with Waterford quite well...

[murielalex]

murielalex! it looks amazing! Now I'm super excited to actually get this order in I'll have to stalk you for a bit to get more ride reports about your gunnar!

Stalk away! I'm getting my first real long (for me) ride in this weekend if the weather allows.

Muirenn, agreed on the green, it's not a current color though, so it would cost extra, boogers! My husband didn't flinch too hard on doing color upgrades though, so we'll see

Get whatever color you want. You are hopefully going to have and enjoy your bike for years. You don't want to always be wishing you got another color when you could have. I got lucky and one of the few colors I wanted happened to be color of the year.

[Catrin]

For a Gunnar, Waterford makes all of their color palettes available, it could take months to decide if you love color My choice was to limit myself to their more limited selection of "archived colors" found here. Get the color you want, we don't often have this opportunity to really choose our color (or colors).