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No problem, do you know the sizes of short sleeved jersey and shorts in a small? Are there gloves too? Cheers. Sarah.

Are there womens sizes or just unisex? Are the colours just the blue and yellow or are there others like black? I will need to meet and pay too.

Hi Maria, welcome!

Greetings from Linwood. I´m a newbie too (been working in Spain) so I´m itching to get out with the bunch Take it easy Sarah.

Hi guys just wondered when you will be getting your next order in for me to purchase full club kit for March?

I should see you guys in the spring

Cheers guys, hope to ASAP! Off to Spain next week. Winters are just as cold as here where I will be staying Take care all

Offline for a while as I am back and forth to Spain teaching so I think i´ll be up and running for spring but hopefully earlier!. I went ahead and bought a ribble too Lookin´ forward to hangin with the bunch, hope your all well. S.

Jesus, you get them don´t you! Thats a big worry for me, a wee lassie out cycling on my own. Probably best avoided! At least you tried to reason with him but these people don´t have the sense to "reason".

Really sorry to hear that, i´ll keep an eye out too!

Hi all, I was at Evan´s cycles in Braehead and was helped by Mark (knows most of you pretty well). I was a little disappointed that there were no Specialized bikes in store however I tried a ladies Fuji supreme 2.0 (50cm frame) and I didn´t really like it. However I prefered the unisex bikes. I also tried their own dolomite (49cm frame) and it felt great. I was surprised that I would be able to ride a unisex bike and both were bigger than what was recommended. I am 5´4 and I am still going ahead with a Ribble bike, however their XS frame is 44cm-46cm, the sales rep from Ribble advised me that it would be fine for me but I think it sounds too small??? The small is 47cm-50cm. www.confused.com

Brill!

Cool thanks Len

I´m afraid I wouldn´t be able to pay upfront but I could put a deposit in and take out finance, of course i´d pay it off no problem. It´s a pity that I don´t have a spare £800 lying around though lol. I have a really silly question but how do you work out your seat height and reach length? I think I have a short torso.

No problem, i´m going to check all my options before committing to buy. Which wheels would you recommend clinchers or tubular? A lot of them seem to be very heavy, does it really matter for cycling here?

Hey, thanks Jannza thats very kind of you. I was looking at the bike build from Ribble and they´re handle bars come in 38cm (smallest) is that small for us women? If I can get away with it I´m going to buy one from them as I can get a XS frame 44cm. I´ve seen photos of their smallest bike and youths ride them. Not to mention the excellent reviews from bike radar. It could be promising I´m going to call them on monday but still going to visit Evans cycles and Dooley´s.

Evan´s cycles seem to have a good selection of womens bikes but I liked Ribble because I could customize so much and they have a 48 frame too. I am just wondering if I should contact Ribble and ask them about the suitability of their bikes for me too. Seem to get a lot of bike for the money, and not to mention carbon frame.

Hey I have Italian blood in me so I´ll go Italian They seem to have a wide range of choice of tyres as with wheels, i´d get carbon if I had a bigger budget for sure they´re awesome Only big issue I have is being female, 48 frame is available, though I wonder if I can reach the handlebars with ease? Don´t think anywhere stocks them to try either. Kind sold on the Ribble bikes they´re reviews are positive.

Cool thanks for the advice Richie, I think I could pay it off in 12 months instead of 15. Does Evans cycles do interest free credit? If they do that would be perfect. Also just looked at Ribble, they´re bikes look awesome for the money, are they a good manufacturer like Specialized? I´ve never heard of them. http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/bikebuild ... BRC&bike=1

Len, after what you said I´m a little put off the idea of the scheme, I know some companies do interest free credit on buying which I prefer to do at least the bike is mine. My budget is £1000 too, hopefully i´ll get something nice with that

Hi everyone, I´ll be going to look at the road bike range from Evans cycles next week (had a look online too). I am wondering is it better for me to stick to a ladies bike rather than a mens? I´m 5´4 and if I can get away with it, i´d rather get a mens bike if it´s going to be much cheaper. I´m looking for a good bike, which manufacturers would you recommend? Really like the look and specs of the Specialized, Felt, Trek and Cannondale bikes but they all look good. Also It looks like i´m eligible for the ride 2 work scheme so i´m going to buy something decent

Would love to come, gonna get myself sorted out with a road bike first though Enjoy!

Hey and welcome!

I am a huge fan of Mark Cavendish

Just curious to know which teams you like? I enjoy following Movistar and Garmin-Cervelo