| Re: Recommendations for a road bike newbie
Zoot Katz wrote:
> Now that's weird. The forks, handle bars, stems, rims, spokes, tires,
> saddles, seat posts, grips, frame sizes, geometry and material is
> identical on both bikes. IOW, anything that would affect comfort.
> I'm guessing the shop didn't set-up both bikes the same when you did
> your test rides. It could have been something as subtle as tire
> pressures or saddle tilt. Unless there's an as yet unknown factor
> about different colours being more comfortable for some people than
> others.
The saddles on the two bikes were different. If they were both
identical when they came to the store, maybe they swapped a different
one on the Tass but the Tass was literally painful to ride whereas the
Marlin was only different from what I was used to.
I remember saying to them "I would go with the Tass if you guys can do
anything about the saddle." and they said 'Uh, no. You'd have to buy a
new saddle' which sold me on the Marlin. Color wasn't really an issue
- they were both fine with me.
-Bill H.
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