Found a bike that fits me...

[Hub]

Okay y'all, I've just joined the forum & have been stalking a week or so- but I just had to chime in on this. When my big brother gave me my first grown-up bike, a Giant Sedona- it's cobalt blue/silver/black. He told me " Blue bicycles are inherently faster than all other bicyles." I'm now shopping for a road bike & keep rejecting the ones that aren't the right color blue. A friend that's helping me shop keeps telling me I'm going to have to give up the blue . . .-easy for him to say , his Allez is the right color.-- I did see a Specialized Roubaix at the Bike Peddler in Memphis- at least the trim was the right blue!!

Hub--- in the Mississippi Delta- home of the BLUES

[spokewench]

I don't think I have ever bought a bike because of the color nor do I ever remember having a bike that I liked because of the color. Ok, one exception, my Klein hardtail mountain bike is a beautiful royal blue color and I do like that bike, but also, Klein made in America used to have the most beautiful paint jobs (no matter what color) that I've ever seen on bikes. But I digress!

My first road bike was a trek 1000, gun metal gray with yellow graphics (ugh); my first Klein was orangey red which eventually turned orange with sun and age (ugh); my blue klein (cool blue); my bridgestone cream with a hint of english racing green and red stripes (not very inspiring but not ugly); my redline (red white and blue very patriotic); and finally, my Giant TCR (black carbon fiber (carbon Fiber is cool looking, not pretty but cool) and what they call magenta (or BRIGHT PINK). As I am not a pink girl this would not have been my first choice either!

All of these bikes I bought for various reasons, but all because they fit me really well and rode nicely (had nice ride characteristics). If they don't fit right and dont have nice ride characteristics, I ask you why ride them?

[ladyfish]

Did you look at the Men's version of the bike? What are the differences between the WSD and the regular bike? It's a dark color. Maybe you could try the fit on it!