I can't remember what my old bike was (Trek something) - this time, although it was nowhere near the 10 month search you had, I knew the person at the shop -- I actually am the one who "hired" him to be our intern at my regular job this past spring, and he's a major avid almost-elite cyclist. So, I went to the shop he works at (which is also the shop we usually end up at anyway as it is HUGE and "the" place for bikes around here) and he worked with us. He got quite technical and I just went "huh?" for much of it, but...
Rode my new bike today and LOVED it - so much more comfy for me - better ergonomics and my seat didn't hurt! Slight deraileur (sp?) prob in 3rd-4th gear but took it right back and they said it's fixed. Poor DD - every time she went from 2nd to 3rd on the front gears of her new bike the chain fell off! They fixed that too!
I was (slight off-topic here) SO happy that she wanted the bike and went with us on the trail. She's at that age (16) where she doesn't really groove on family time, especially with her annoying (ADHD) little brother along. This is both healthy and helps instill fitness-as-fun habits for her, AND she was willing to spend some family time with us, so I don't even begrudge her the $ we paid for the bike...
/hijack
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