Originally Posted by
leob1
Glad you like your new bike, but I think this illustrates the pitfalls of buying a bike on line. If you bought it local you could have tried it on for size, that frame looks awfully small, too small IMHO(we are about the same size). There is a lot of seat post showing, is it an extra long, and is it inserted far into the seat tube enough? Having that break during a ride would be painful. My wife ride a 15 inch frame, it is too small for me to be comfortable on it.
Also, you could pester the LBS about the front brake until it was correct.
Since I was considering getting a bike from BikesDirect, I now have more food for thought.
Thanks for the report, and I hope you get the issues straightened out so you can enjoy the new ride.
The bike fits me fine. I am very comfortable on it. I have not complained about fit, so I don't know why you are inferring that it doesn't fit me from looking at a picture of it. It seems to me like you have a bit of an agenda at work here.
The seat tube is fitted fine and has plenty of room. My friend Larry who assembled it, used to work at a Trek dealer bike shop owned by his dad. He is an excellent bike mechanic. He examined my fit and tweaked the handlebars and seat, and said it's a good fit. I don't have to bother an LBS for the brake issue, first I will try adjusting the brake myself (I do have some mechanical know-how of my own), if I still have some squeak, I'll bother Larry.
If I did need to pester an LBS for the squeak, I'm sure they'd be willing to take my $ to fix it. Meanwhile, Larry was over to the house the other night so I could pay him back, a 12 pack of Magic Hat halloween pack, and a bottle of Ommegang's Three Philosopher's Ale, we enjoyed some cigars and a few beers on the back porch. I probably won't be doing that with anyone from the LBS.