Quote Originally Posted by Trek420
Bikeless just text messaged me, I don't think she'd mind my passing this on to the group and I'm sure she'll add to it later:

"Short ride today, it's like a sauna out there but I need groceries and up the way is the LBS that specialises in Specialized"

Says she's thinking of test riding a Sirius.
Don't mind a'tall. Now I'm back. Just a 4-miler or so. Got some groceries. Took a Sirrus Comp around the block and an Elite for a spin in the parking lot. Nice bike. Poor service at the shop. Guy just sort of eyed me up and down and put me on too small a frame, even though I said I was pretty sure I needed the next frame larger. I was right. He let me try the larger size after, but that one had cages on the pedals so that's the one I only took for a short spin in the lot. Kinda creepy with those cages scraping at every turn.

Anywayyyys ... they won't take the Giant as a trade-in since I didn't buy it from them. Also they only have '05s in stock, which have compact double chainrings. The guy grudgingly looked up options for switching to a triple or getting an 06 that already has the triple on it, but either way they'd have to order, it would cost extra, it would take time ... All in all, they couldn't put me on the bike set up the way I want it in time for the Janesville Pie Ride, so for now I'm still on the clunker. It's good exercize with all that extra weight, and I do know it will take me the distance.

Tomorrow or Wednesday, when I get the settlement offer, I might go back into town and try the Trek and the Sirrus alternately. There's another shop that sells Specialized. I haven't heard great things about their service either, but they're right around the corner from the place that gave me all that friendly help with the Trek. The Trek place also offered that I could try other flatbar road bikes/fitness bikes they had, like a Fuji.

I may still get a bike here and ship it if the fit and the deal are right, but if I do decide on a Sirrus I'll have to sell the "clunker" here via Craigs list and can just as well get the Sirrus in CA at my sister's lbs where they actually offer Service! Not to mention that it'd be fun to have her take me bike shopping. And it'd save me some shipping too.