Hello,
I have started cycling again after 15 years as a result of teaching the kids and realising what I have been missing and am hoping to start commuting a couple of days a week in the next few weeks once I have built a bit of fitness up.
I am looking at a Boardman Road Team under our C2W scheme and I have been into Halfords to try one for size. Young lad who served me seemed to know his stuff but as almost every post about Boardmans is horror stories about Halfords, and only having recent experience of Mountain Bikes, I thought I would just check with some folks more knowlegable than I am. The chap said I should have an inch of clearance when straddling the top tube, which seems to be the case with the medium, and then should be right on my tip toes when on the saddle (which I was - in fact he said the seat could go up a little bit more). To be honest it felt a bit odd but I have not ridden a road bike since I was 18, which is a few years ago.
Thanks in advance for any advice
Alasdair
I have started cycling again after 15 years as a result of teaching the kids and realising what I have been missing and am hoping to start commuting a couple of days a week in the next few weeks once I have built a bit of fitness up.
I am looking at a Boardman Road Team under our C2W scheme and I have been into Halfords to try one for size. Young lad who served me seemed to know his stuff but as almost every post about Boardmans is horror stories about Halfords, and only having recent experience of Mountain Bikes, I thought I would just check with some folks more knowlegable than I am. The chap said I should have an inch of clearance when straddling the top tube, which seems to be the case with the medium, and then should be right on my tip toes when on the saddle (which I was - in fact he said the seat could go up a little bit more). To be honest it felt a bit odd but I have not ridden a road bike since I was 18, which is a few years ago.
Thanks in advance for any advice
Alasdair