New to road riding just brought a bike

Mike84
Mike84 Posts: 9
edited August 2012 in Road beginners
Good afternoon everyone, I've been looking at this forum for a while now and finally decided to join! I've been riding a specialised MTB for the last year a few times a week around 15-20 miles a time and now want to do some road riding. I went with my wife today to Evans @Gatwick to have a look around and ended up getting a couple of bikes. One for the wife (first bike in a long time) went for one of evans own pinnacle brand for her hybrid variant. I picked up the Fuji newest 2.0 2012. Now being completely new to riding I was just posting here to see what people make of Fuji bikes as having looked online there isn't much by the way of reviews and such like, and having read a few things on here I thought its the best place to ask. Here's the bike in question. http://www.fujibikes.com/bike/details/newest-203

Thanks in advance for any input, anything else I'd need would be greatly received. I.e equipment pedals tyres etc etc

Thanks again

Mike

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  • arthur_scrimshaw
    arthur_scrimshaw Posts: 2,596
    I'm sure you'll enjoy your new bike but always risky coming on a forum asking a question like this especially if you're looking for confirmation you've got the best bike for the money. Everyone on here will have an opinion.
    How good a buy you've got depends on what you paid for it?
  • Mike84
    Mike84 Posts: 9
    To me aslong as its comfortable and fits me that's all I needed as this is an entry level bike to a degree. I appreciate it won't be to everyone's taste and that there maybe better bikes out there for the money or around a similar bracket. As long as its not terrible Im happy.
  • lc1981
    lc1981 Posts: 820
    Mike84 wrote:
    To me aslong as its comfortable and fits me that's all I needed as this is an entry level bike to a degree.

    Exactly. So why ask for other people's opinions? :)
  • lc1981
    lc1981 Posts: 820
    Mike84 wrote:
    Thanks in advance for any input, anything else I'd need would be greatly received. I.e equipment pedals tyres etc etc

    If you haven't already, I'd invest in some clipless pedals and shoes. Once you're used to them, you'l never look back.
  • Mike84
    Mike84 Posts: 9
    lc1981 wrote:
    Mike84 wrote:
    To me aslong as its comfortable and fits me that's all I needed as this is an entry level bike to a degree.

    Exactly. So why ask for other people's opinions? :)

    To see if people have had good/bad experiences with this bike or similar so will know what to look out for :)
  • simon_masterson
    simon_masterson Posts: 2,740
    Believe me, you need not worry about your choice of bike. Enjoy it. :)

    Cyclists these days are incredibly spoiled. At entry level you can bring home a bicycle lighter than those of relatively recent (mid to late 80s) Tour de France champions - weight isn't as important as many will make it out to be, however - and with luxuries that would have been unthinkable 20 years ago; given that a complete beginner on a limited budget can kit themselves out in really good cyclewear and ride a bike with clipless pedals, 9-10 speed cassettes, brifters and lightweight wheels, it's a great time to be a cyclist!
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  • Mike84
    Mike84 Posts: 9
    Thanks for your reply Simon, I went for a quick blast earlier it's so different to a MTB will certainly take some getting used to!

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