Originally Posted by
cbr9927
My seat is much higher now, like what you see with those guys on roadbikes. Took one guy to tell me the advantages of a high seat and not what the average person who buys a Walmart bike would put the seat at. I think its all in my head with fitting and I am not use to reaching out more on road bikes. Its one hell of a road bike!
My apologies, you were caught in the learning curve. Been there, done that. My first bike was a Trek 7100 and I realized quickly I hated that bike when my wife could go faster than I on long downhills on dirtroads. It felt so unstable. She has a Crosstrail, I sold the 7100 and bought a DS8.3, life was better. Unfortunately you can't always test ride bikes for every situation and learn after the fact "Hey, maybe this isn't such a good bike".