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Annoyed I missed this. Hopefully I'll make the next one. Picking up my new bike on Friday, so hopefully this'll be the perfect chance to give it a whirl.

Hoping to do my first 30miler when the next one happens, and if that goes ok, I'm in. I'm new, so if I'm being over-optimistic right now, I should have a better idea by the time the 23rd comes. Ewan.

Cheers Jody. Wise words.

Allan, that's really helpful. I'll go and have look. Thanks. E.

Gents, Thanks for the welcome. Greig: I'll see you on the next one. Tom: I think you're probably talking a little bit above my price range for the Roubaix... it is the right size for me though... (tempting...) but I reckon as I'm new and pretty inexperienced I might be better with the warranty and stuff that comes with buying new. Secteur v Allez is a debate I keep having with myself and my very patient good lady... I'm leaning towards the Secteur because it's a slightly more comfy set up which will probably suit what I'm aiming to do, which is put miles in and get in proper shape, but I change my mind about the Allez every time I think about it. Budget including pedals and pair of shoes is hopefully somewhere south of £800. Cheers again for the welcome and see you out there at some point soon I hope. E.

Thanks mate. Yep, I've already got basic helmet and clobber which will have to do for starting out. Pedals, though, I'll need to sort that. I was budgeting about £100 for a decent pair of pedals and shoes. I've been bashing through a good few early morning and evening runs for that past wee while on my own to try and get in shape for the new bike... cannot wait. E.

Hi This is my first post, and it contains a request for a little advice and/or encouragement… After a good few too many years wasting my life drinking too much and not cycling enough I’ve decided, at the age of 34, to swap the two about. By a meandering route I happened upon the wheelers forum, largely because I see so many club members swish past my house in Bishopton of a Sunday. I’ve been cycling on my own on the roads and trails of Renfrewshire on a Specialized Crosstrail which I had initially bought for the wee commute to the train to work. But after a while, I figured that because most of my solo non-commute riding seems to happen on the road I may as well take the leap and get a decent-ish road bike and see if I could hook up with people that might encourage me to really get going, get fit, get fast and hopefully also have a laugh. So, I’m thinking of getting myself a 2012 specialized secteur sport. If anyone wants to warn me off that, that would be super, because I’m planning on coughing up for it this week. It will be my first ever road bike. Will I notice a difference? If nobody minds it’d be great to tag along on the next 30miler too to see how I get on…. Thanks, Ewan.