Hello everyone!
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Hello everyone!
Hi Everyone!
This is Tina, and I registered the forum for a while, but not post anything, I am actually waiting for the good moment when I get my own bike and start my cycling life.
So I have done some research online and visited the local store, and finally I ordered my first road bike yesterday,. I thought it will be great time for me to start the journey now, haha! I cannot wait for the new bike arrive.
So the bike I ordered:
Wilier Carbon frame + Shimano 105 group set + Rim brake . It might be the best bike I can afford and I hope it will be a great choice. The store owner say the bike can arrive within one week time, so after that I can start training. I know there will be many activites from next Spring, so I hope I could be enough good to join those activities. Any advice?
This is Tina, and I registered the forum for a while, but not post anything, I am actually waiting for the good moment when I get my own bike and start my cycling life.
So I have done some research online and visited the local store, and finally I ordered my first road bike yesterday,. I thought it will be great time for me to start the journey now, haha! I cannot wait for the new bike arrive.
So the bike I ordered:
Wilier Carbon frame + Shimano 105 group set + Rim brake . It might be the best bike I can afford and I hope it will be a great choice. The store owner say the bike can arrive within one week time, so after that I can start training. I know there will be many activites from next Spring, so I hope I could be enough good to join those activities. Any advice?
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Welcome Tina! Good choice for a ride. Now, when it comes, work closely with the shop to set it up to fit. I'm guessing you are relatively new to serious riding. If so - bike fit is the most important aspect for both performance and enjoyment of a bike. IMO, by quite a lot. Fit changes overtime. You will morph into becoming more comfortable in a good riding position. (And if you keep riding you will someday have to address that aging factor!) Listen to your body. Keep an open mind. Never settle for a bike that doesn't put a grin on your face.
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Welcome.
Nice bike.
Advice = rubber side down, at all times!
2nd advice = work up to your goals sensibly.
The greatest benefit comes with a lifetime of consistent cycling, not a couple of years of ‘hard effort’.
clear your handlebars and your mind will follow.
Nice bike.
Advice = rubber side down, at all times!
2nd advice = work up to your goals sensibly.
The greatest benefit comes with a lifetime of consistent cycling, not a couple of years of ‘hard effort’.
clear your handlebars and your mind will follow.
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Vintage, modern, e-road. It is a big cycling universe.
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Welcome Tina! Good choice for a ride. Now, when it comes, work closely with the shop to set it up to fit. I'm guessing you are relatively new to serious riding. If so - bike fit is the most important aspect for both performance and enjoyment of a bike. IMO, by quite a lot. Fit changes overtime. You will morph into becoming more comfortable in a good riding position. (And if you keep riding you will someday have to address that aging factor!) Listen to your body. Keep an open mind. Never settle for a bike that doesn't put a grin on your face.
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Thank you Wildwood for the great advice! I will keep up cycling.
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CG, welcome to the Forums. Nice bike, take care of it and ride it like you own it. Enjoy the ride, be safe.
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You don't have your location in your profile. Are you somewhere where weather allows some riding during the winter? I should have brought my bike in a few weeks (OK, a month) ago, but keep procrastinating. I have always taken winters off but as I get older getting back into shape in the spring keeps getting harder and harder! Anyway, try to put in a few miles consistently until nicer weather comes back; it'll make group rides in the spring SOOOO much easier.
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You don't have your location in your profile. Are you somewhere where weather allows some riding during the winter? I should have brought my bike in a few weeks (OK, a month) ago, but keep procrastinating. I have always taken winters off but as I get older getting back into shape in the spring keeps getting harder and harder! Anyway, try to put in a few miles consistently until nicer weather comes back; it'll make group rides in the spring SOOOO much easier.
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Welcome CycleGemini, your English is very good. You got yourself a nice bike with a good group set that should last you a long while. Enjoy,
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