Right, new bike ordered - now the two week wait

dg74
dg74 Posts: 656
edited August 2009 in Road beginners
for a Specialized Secteur.

Gone for a triple this time with a 58cm frame (I'm told I need a 54/56 but I just like a larger frame - dunno why). Can't wait to get my carcass on the machine for a first ride out.

Cheers M Steel Cycles in Gosforth. Friendly, helpful advice.

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  • Nice Bike, which model in the range did you go for?
  • dg74
    dg74 Posts: 656
    slow coach wrote:
    Nice Bike, which model in the range did you go for?

    Just the entry level model. A step up from what I was riding and will more than suffice as a 'all-rounder'.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,706
    This will be the longest two weeks of your life...

    When I ordered my first ever 'decent' frame I lost sleep, when it finally arrived I slept like a baby - too knackered to ride the bloody thing.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Mothyman
    Mothyman Posts: 655
    i got the 58in Roubaix. Am 6foot but long arms and short legs - probably its a bit of a reach on the hoods..needed some saddle and bar adjustments

    if you feel its too large you can swap if the frame is undamaged presumably..have a good test in dry conditions

    let us know how u get on
  • Aspman77
    Aspman77 Posts: 92
    Pick up my Secteur Sport tomorrow :D
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    Mothyman wrote:
    i got the 58in Roubaix.

    Blimey !!!!!! that's MASSIVE !!! :shock: :wink:
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  • Mothyman
    Mothyman Posts: 655
    MattC59 wrote:
    Mothyman wrote:
    i got the 58in Roubaix.

    Blimey !!!!!! that's MASSIVE !!!

    yeah..i know..... maybe i should convert it to a tandem...... my long arms mean its ok but I think I reach too much when on the hoods.....am still tweaking various things to get a good position..

    will look fwd to hearing about your Secteur
  • balthazar
    balthazar Posts: 1,565
    Mothyman wrote:
    MattC59 wrote:
    Mothyman wrote:
    i got the 58in Roubaix.

    Blimey !!!!!! that's MASSIVE !!!

    yeah..i know..... maybe i should convert it to a tandem...... my long arms mean its ok but I think I reach too much when on the hoods.....am still tweaking various things to get a good position..

    will look fwd to hearing about your Secteur
    Do you think you might have got the 58cm?!