So, have sat on a few bikes until in the end got to LBS where I got a 'proper' fit. Must have spent on the bike 30-40 min with him measuring different things and adjusting different part of the bike (and explaining all about the ergonomics and such). In the end, what felt as mildly comfortable bike ended up feeling quite nice actually.
Now, I was cheeky enough to ask him if we could do the same with another bike (they have two from my shortlist that I wanted to try) but he was not very keen and said something along those lines:
does not matter what sort of bike he will be sizing for me as each of them will in the end fit me.
The bike I was sat on was Canondale Synapse and I asked him about Scott Speedster. As far as I know, both bikes have similar geometry.
So, was the LBS guy right and I simply wasted my time test riding all different bikes (but with similar, relaxed geometry)? Perhaps I should simply choose it going by the colour?
The above makes me also question my other test rides, especially cube peloton and giant defy (again, the same relaxed geometry). Giant felt nice but Cube did not - now I start to think that perhaps it just happened that giant had all the bits in more or less right position and cube did not and that was all there was in terms of difference.
I would be keen to know your opinions on this one as I think I'm really going to have to decide by which colour I like the best rather than which bike feels more comfortable (as, if LBS guy is right, all of them will be).
Now, I was cheeky enough to ask him if we could do the same with another bike (they have two from my shortlist that I wanted to try) but he was not very keen and said something along those lines:
does not matter what sort of bike he will be sizing for me as each of them will in the end fit me.
The bike I was sat on was Canondale Synapse and I asked him about Scott Speedster. As far as I know, both bikes have similar geometry.
So, was the LBS guy right and I simply wasted my time test riding all different bikes (but with similar, relaxed geometry)? Perhaps I should simply choose it going by the colour?
The above makes me also question my other test rides, especially cube peloton and giant defy (again, the same relaxed geometry). Giant felt nice but Cube did not - now I start to think that perhaps it just happened that giant had all the bits in more or less right position and cube did not and that was all there was in terms of difference.
I would be keen to know your opinions on this one as I think I'm really going to have to decide by which colour I like the best rather than which bike feels more comfortable (as, if LBS guy is right, all of them will be).