Hello from Middle England!
- Thread starter bicycling_nurse
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cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
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bicycling_nurse
Active Member
- Location
- Midlands
To be fair I'm in the East Mids too 
I've been bike shopping today - did a test ride on the basic Specialized Ruby model and, surprisingly, it felt great and not weird at all (it's the first road bike I've ridden since an old Peugeot 10 speed in 1990). I have ordered a 54cm Ruby Comp which will arrive at the bike shop tomorrow - I feel like it's Christmas and my birthday all rolled into one
She is definitely my most expensive bike purchase ever and I can't wait to get out and do some proper road miles. I decided to stick with MTB style SPDs for now so that I don't have another new thing to get to used to immediately but I have (sad I know but I'm a girl who likes a bit of colour co-ordination!) ordered some black and blue bottle cages and a bright blue Cateye Micro.
Any tips for a new road biker would be gratefully received - it's not so much riding on the road that I'm unsure of as I'm a daily bike commuter and often ride my MTB on the road, it's the whole road bike handling/riding style that's new to me. I never, for example, get out of the saddle when riding uphill on my MTB - is that something that would help me get up some of the hills better on the Ruby?
I've been bike shopping today - did a test ride on the basic Specialized Ruby model and, surprisingly, it felt great and not weird at all (it's the first road bike I've ridden since an old Peugeot 10 speed in 1990). I have ordered a 54cm Ruby Comp which will arrive at the bike shop tomorrow - I feel like it's Christmas and my birthday all rolled into one
She is definitely my most expensive bike purchase ever and I can't wait to get out and do some proper road miles. I decided to stick with MTB style SPDs for now so that I don't have another new thing to get to used to immediately but I have (sad I know but I'm a girl who likes a bit of colour co-ordination!) ordered some black and blue bottle cages and a bright blue Cateye Micro.
Any tips for a new road biker would be gratefully received - it's not so much riding on the road that I'm unsure of as I'm a daily bike commuter and often ride my MTB on the road, it's the whole road bike handling/riding style that's new to me. I never, for example, get out of the saddle when riding uphill on my MTB - is that something that would help me get up some of the hills better on the Ruby?
- Location
- Glasgow
Post the questions in the beginners section, you'll get loads of answers
silvervanplumberman
Über Member
- Location
- Uttoxeter
Another good thing to do for information is check out the some videos on YouTube. Two channels I subscribe to are GCN (Global Cycling Network) and Bike Radar. They do loads of usefull tutorial vids.
