RubeRad

+1, 6'4" (even with a smallish inseam of 31.5?) probably should have a larger frame. If it's not too late to exchange at the Trek store, I would recommend it. Maybe if a little shine has come off the tires they could swap your barely-used-tires onto the exchange bike so the returned bike can still be sold as new?

Otherwise, as long as you enjoy the bike, ride the bike. It will not be your last bike ever; someday you will sell it and get a next bike, that day may come sooner or later.

Null66

Activity is wonderful for your health.

Risk factors (for both long and short term) plummet with movement.

RAsplundJr

I can use my phone to track distance and speeds I've got map my ride which I havent' even tried yet and Strava... I like strava so far.

wvrick

A little problem I run into from getting back on a bike after 40 years.. I road 10 speeds all the time growing up and didn't think I'd have a problem going back. I'm 400 lbs disabled from VVD and now bad legs and started riding a trike a little over a month ago, I just bought the daughter and wife a new bike. I couldn't keep up with them and started wanting a bike again. We stopped by the bike shop where I'd bought one of the bikes and ask if they had anything used that would hold me and I'd seen a mountain bike was recommended. They showed me a mountain bike he said had came in for service, they had just serviced a new rear wheel with heavy spokes, also the wheel was 36 spoke I believe. I took it out for a test ride and set the seat where I could touch the ground and found there was not enough room to pedal, not being near a bike for this long I just figured it was me being out of shape but I couldn't pass on the price and told them I would ride it later if I couldn't now. I took the bike home still thinking about how I never had a problem like this even being fat, I rode my trike the next day and seen other mountain bike rider and while I was parked drinking water I noticed how high the pedal was off the ground and then it all added up, the old 10 speeds I road had the pedals close to the ground and as I remembered only a few inches off, but mountain bike for clearance looked to be around 10 inches. I couldn't wait to get home to try the bike I couldn't ride the day before. I set the seat up, got across the bar stepped on the pedal and was riding.... I am sore today! But if you are going to ride after years this is a fyi on how much bikes change from the older bike we grew up riding.

ColaJacket

Yes, the short answer is that the seat should be set according to how your feet fit on the pedal, not on the ground.

Sheldon Brown on Seats (Go down to Seat Adjustment).

GH

RubeRad

That's what went wrong right there; if you have enough room for your legs to reach all the way to the ground, then your legs will be way cramped up if they are only reaching down to the pedals.

Glad you're riding now though! A little bit of soreness is to be expected, hopefully your bits will toughen up in a few weeks. Keep at it!

wvrick

Yes I have the seat up now and can ride, but jumping on a bike after 40 yrs and setting the seat the way it was back then is wrong today. I never gave it any thought until I noticed how high the pedals were off the ground.