horaceunit

Well, I have officially joined the new frontier! After 2 years of commuting on my Trek Hybrid, I brought home a New (2009) Giant OCR2. Road cycling is not just a a whole new world, it's a new universe! I'm sure I'll have lots of questions so please bear with me! BTW I got the bike for $600.00, and that included a bottle cage (I know, big deal, right?) but also the owner/salesman also threw in a full year's worth of adjustments. Most places tell you one or two free adjustments, but he said to bring it in any time and they will tweak it for a year.

This was after he spent a half an hour having me ride in the parking lot, and then making changes to the seat height and handle bar position for me. He also said he had a couple of different size stems and told me what to look for to figure if I need a shorter or longer one, and he would swap it out once for me. Great LBS that I will definitely be patronizing from now on. No reason to go anywhere else! Any thoughts, suggestions, advice, etc. is greatly appreciated!!

EventServices

Ride it. It'll be your best teacher for the first few months.

elemental

Sounds like you got great service and a good deal. Good shops are the best, and unfortunately they cannot be taken for granted. My mom swapped a Trek 7000-series hybrid for a Pilot road bike a few years ago, and it's definitely a revolutionary rather than evolutionary upgrade.