Newbie Help..... Alot of help infact

[tdr1nka]

I care.

Shame you can't hide it.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Hey bonj - peanut!!!!!!!

Hey, angelfish!, pssst... muslims!

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Why not just keep the caring to yourself then.

I care.

 

[Fab Foodie]

btw bonj... why do you have to be an idiot to every newbie, you're a credit to the forum...

Anglefish...responding with insults doesn't help either.

Jeez guys, it's Sunday morning... chill or go and take your medication.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

'bonj' entered territory very close to my heart and caused great insult and pain. I have already taken my medication 'Fab Foodie' as I have to twice daily. Anyway, I've said my piece.........

btw bonj... why do you have to be an idiot to every newbie, you're a credit to the forum...

Anglefish...responding with insults doesn't help either.

Jeez guys, it's Sunday morning... chill or go and take your medication.

 

[Fab Foodie]

'bonj' entered territory very close to my heart and caused great insult and pain. I have already taken my medication 'Fab Foodie' as I have to twice daily. Anyway, I've said my piece.........

Appreciate what happened, bonj was out of order. Reporting to Admin is the way to respond to such idiocy, trading insults in a "Beginners" thread is not.
BTW... I'd better take my meds as well... Have a good day Angelfishsolo.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Appreciated and thank you I was out of order in retrospect. Your advice has been take BTW.

Appreciate what happened, bonj was out of order. Reporting to Admin is the way to respond to such idiocy, trading insults in a "Beginners" thread is not.
BTW... I'd better take my meds as well... Have a good day Angelfishsolo.

 

[Moderators]

Bonj - if you want to apologise then please feel free to do so.
If you want to rant, it'll be deleted.
There's a place for rants - beginners is not that place.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

good on you bluenosedave. ignore the nonsense in the immediately prior posts, but take the advice offered in the preceding ones. whatever bike you get, you should be proud of considering the charity run, and be doubly so when you complete it. if you work for a large corp, see if you can shame them into sponsorship that would buy the bike. you could then raffle the bike for charity and use the company's bike to work scheme to get yourself a bike afterwards.

good luck

 

[BlueNoseDave]

Guys thank you all for your comments.... obviously all but one silly individual.

I will be going to a LBS to measure up and find the best bike for me which will be taking into account all the great tips you guys have gave.

Unfortunately we have found out another manager (senior manager infact) has been struck down with the same illness... With this in mind were going to increase sponsorship and make this event very well known accross the bank raising as much money as possible

Can i thank you all for your personal messages apologising for Bonj's comments (particularly Angel) I have wrote several messages and then deleted them because i didn't want to satisfy Bonj with a reply. We all know how pathetic his actions are and i think its not worth getting to his level of pathetic behaviour.

Good one Bonj but an illness like this doesn't discriminate and if you knew someone in this terrible position that you cared about then im sure you would see it different. Thats if your capible of caring.

 

[Over The Hill]

Welcome aboard BND
as you see we are a funny lot here but better for it.
I have a £700 bike which was £140 second hand. I think second hand will be a win-win solution... quality within budget.
Try Ebay- you can look local and some local bike shops (LBS on here) will have second hand you can try out. If you end up wiht a wrong size on ebay then just sell it again!

 

[postman]

At 6' 6" i would not consider starting an argument with you.You must be the tallest Cyclechatter.Welcome from a shorty 6' 4".Go for the best you can afford and surf the net for advice on frame sizing.This year i got info from Australia of all places by reading reviews.34" inside leg got a Giant Rincon for towpath riding.Don't think it would do real off road work.It is a 24"" frame.£249.Have you thought of slick tyres so you could do both off and on road on the bike if you go down the mtb route.

 

[tdr1nka]

We need Redtom in on this then, he's 6' 5".
Made me at 6' 2" feel reassuringly short.

 

[Scoosh]

Not sure where this should be really but -
ADMIN - I propose that this excellent reply by Valkyrie be added to the My advice to newbies thread.

Valkyrie !

I do long distance road riding so here's my tuppence worth -

1. Road bikes are much better on roads than mountain bikes are. I've got both, but I hate riding the MTB on the road, it is way slower and therefore much less fun.
2. Road bikes are plenty robust enough for canal path use.
3. Any new bike at £100-£150 will just put you off cycling. Specially one with any kind of suspension. I'd recommend you spend £300 - £500, which would get you a basic tourer like a Raleigh Venture or a Dawes Horizon. Decent range of gears, strong, reliable and not too slow. If you want to spend less, go secondhand.
4. Go look at some bikes in bike shops to work out your size. You're far too big for a 56cm frame (I'm 5'11" and that's what I ride), you'll be somewhere between 58 and 63cm. Even if you're buying second-hand or via a cheap online store, try lots of bikes at your local bike shops. Places like Evans are very expensive but have a good range of bikes to play with.
5. Halfords are very bad shops (clueless staff and lots of cheap rubbish) but the Carrera and the Chris Boardman road bike ranges are pretty good value.
6. Drop handlbars are more comfortable that straight bars. I know this seems unlikely but the fact is that you get more hand positions so you can alter your position on the bike. On straight bars you have one position and that's it.
7. Lots of beginners think that smooth skinny tyres must have less grip than big fat knobbly tyres. True for mud and gravel, not true at all for normal tarmac. Also worth noting that the higher the pressure in your tyres, the less likely they are to puncture!

I have no objection to Admin deleting this post if necessary.

 

[LLB]

We need Redtom in on this then, he's 6' 5".
Made me at 6' 2" feel reassuringly short.

We like to call it 'vertically challenged'

Welcome to the forum bluenose. What is your route going to be ?