So, I bought a bike kind of unintentionally...

[OakLeaf]

Yayyy! What a happy story. Enjoy!

[ny biker]

Congrats on the new bike!!

[colorisnt]

Thanks! I can't wait to ride later It's going to be a beautiful day and I can't wait to surprise the BF with a ride to a different winery than we normally go to on bike haha.

[Crankin]

Congrats and that sounds likea fun day.

[Catrin]

Congratulations! Sounds like the perfect fit, and you HAVE been thinking about this for a period of time so you can't say it was spur of the moment. It was a moment for which the time had come

[ny biker]

A few years ago I was having a new saddle fitted on my bike when the LBS fit expert/manager told me I'd be more comfortable with a different bike. In my case he was recommending a carbon WSD road bike over the aluminum men's bike I had at the time. I figured he was just being a good salesperson. But a week or so later I thought about it while doing a hilly metric century, and by the end of the ride I decided to try the new bike. And he was right, I was more comfortable. I've never regretted getting it.

[TigerMom]

Congrats!

I also bought my first road bike "unintentionally". I was in my LBS getting my Hybrid serviced when I lifted a women's road bike that was my size. Yep, my Specialized Amira. Unfortunately, that was only 3 months AFTER I had just bought my brand new, "what I thought was really expensive" first bike in 20+ years. That was the start of my "I better keep biking or my husband will kill me for how much I am spending on my bike".