Well I have had a rather varied weekend
trying to try out bikes. Under the pretence of visiting the olympic park with my daughter I managed to go into Cycle Surgery. The man I eventually managed to attract the attention of said a 51cm would be ok for me (?????). I showed him a shortlist of bikes that I had got together and he said he could get them in for me to try which was a start but I doubt it would be much help if he was ordering in the wrong size.
We then tried the local bike shop and it was even harder to get served! They had 5 ladies bikes all under £500 so really not what I was interested in although we did manage to ascertain that a 48 would be best for me.
Yesterday we went into
Evans and the young girl was absolutely brilliant. I sat on a couple of bikes just to gauge the size. We tested how the drops felt, if my arms felt too locked out, if I could reach the brakes easily, how the pedals felt etc She really took the time and obviously knew what she was talking about. Unfortunately they didn't have anything I liked enough in my size (I've decided against disc brakes now). I really wanted to give her my custom as she was so nice and didn't make me feel stupid. So it's back to the drawing board again. I feel I've really learnt a lot this past week and I'm still enjoying my search.
Watch this space.....
