New bike: bad news, good news, bad news, good news

Went to get fitted for my 06 Seduza at all3sports. As we start talking Jeff, fitter there, askes me how tall I am. 6'0-6'1" I answer. He says, hmmm, you look shorter (talk about how to win friends).

So we measure me. He says I'm 5'10.5". All this time, I thought I was 6'1".

So the bad news is that the large Seduza they have waiting for me won't fit and there are no more mediums. Honest mistake as my wife was the one who originally put the money down on the Seduza. She would have told them I'm 6'1". We even went into all3sports to schedule my fit a few weeks ago and they said a large would be fine.

He asks me what I want to do. I say, what are my options. He comes back with an 06 Caliente. Story on that bike is that it was used by one of the all3sports pros for 6 months. He tells me he'll cut me a deal that is too good to pass up. It's got some scratchs on it but these don't bother me. After all, I put a huge stratch on my Raliegh in the first month I owned it (laid it on top of my floor pump by mistake in the back of my Mountaineer). I am hard on stuff (go through a cell phone a year).

I agree to the deal and we move on to the fit.

40 mins later, I am out the door.

That bike is crazy. I can't wait to ride it.

The kicker though is that my wife claims she is 5'10" and I know she is 3" shorter than me. When I told her this, she said I wasn't supposed to tell anyone. LOL