New bike adventure: my first (real) ride on my new Synapse!

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I tested both the unisex supersix and the women's supersix in the same size, 51. They felt the same to me in that I didn't feel too comfortable putting so much weight on my arms especially if I was getting a bike to ride longer distances. I'm sure that getting a better fit before the test ride or going down to 48 for the supersix would have made my decision much tougher.

I am not a big fan of the swirly designs and pastel colors of many WSD styles and started out not even wanting to consider WSD if I could swing a unisex bike. I was very surprised to learn that the unisex and WSD Synapses have the exact same frame geometries - at least for 2012. The main differences that I could tell were the color, swirly features on some models, seat and narrower handle bars.

While the unisex synapses looked really sharp in the predominantly black/white designs, I was drawn to the striking colors of the WSD carbon 5 (black with lime green accents), carbon 6 and supersix 3 (both have teal, carbon black and white). Because it seemed like I could fit on a unisex bike just as well as a WSD synapse, it really just came down to the looks and price in the end: looks cool, not super swirly and a nice deal. It's pretty cool because on the synapse 6, I can see the carbon pattern on the black parts. Oh look, I'm gushing again. I can't help it! I feel like I'm going to be taking pictures of my bike whenever I go out riding.