picked my new bike..sooooooooo excited

elderone

I,ve decided on my new bike for when im better and i will be ordering this week so really excited,which is sad really for a 49 year old grand dad but i dont care.
The bike is a 2013 giant composite 2 and i cant wait and it will keep me smiling until i can ride it.
pointless thread but just wanted to share.

CiB

Don't forget to post a thread when you do your first 8 mile ride on only 17 energy gels and three litres of energy drink.

Stuuu

I trest rode one of those when I ordered my Defy 2 (non-composite). I can't say I could tell the difference given I came from a much heavier mountain bike. They both floated like air in comparison.

I hope you enjoy it when you get fit enought to ride again.

Captainlip

you'll be shaken to bits on the composites, way to stiff for a carbon frame.

elderone

Captainlip wrote:

you'll be shaken to bits on the composites, way to stiff for a carbon frame.

what does that mean? can you explain.

gjcknocker

So you're the second famous person from Oswestry, Ian Woosnam being the other!

elderone

gjcknocker wrote:

So you're the second famous person from Oswestry, Ian Woosnam being the other!

IM from brum only live near oswestry,but the most famous local is imho wilfred owen.ww1 poet.

Toe knee

Nice bike mate, hope you get great enjoyment from it when it arrives .
Waiting for a response to my Xmas bike post so I can pick one tomoz myself.

Have fun

letap73

Captainlip wrote:

you'll be shaken to bits on the composites, way to stiff for a carbon frame.

This imho is utter rubbish - at least you could quantify this, I have a carbon Defy and 3000+ miles tells me this isn't the case. It rides better over the rough stuff than my Trek. OP, go out and enjoy your bike.

elderone

letap73 wrote:

Captainlip wrote:

you'll be shaken to bits on the composites, way to stiff for a carbon frame.

This imho is utter rubbish - at least you could quantify this, I have a carbon Defy and 3000+ miles tells me this isn't the case. It rides better over the rough stuff than my Trek. OP, go out and enjoy your bike.

Thanks for that,put my mind at ease.I think giant know enough to not make a bike that shakes you to bits but thats his opinion and its a forum,also the reviews i,ve read are good so im happy.

iplod

Yes, giant make really good frames, i am sure it will be fine. Are you getting it from Stuart Barkleys,(the lbs )? I have always found them very helpful. Just get on it and enjoy the local countryside, it's fantastic !

elderone

iplod wrote:

Yes, giant make really good frames, i am sure it will be fine. Are you getting it from Stuart Barkleys,(the lbs )? I have always found them very helpful. Just get on it and enjoy the local countryside, it's fantastic !

yes its going to be from Stuart Barkleys and there good lads,they helped me a lot.If you know the area i live close to blodwell bank.
cheers

chrisaonabike

elderone wrote:

I,ve decided on my new bike for when im better and i will be ordering this week so really excited,which is sad really for a 49 year old grand dad but i dont care.
The bike is a 2013 giant composite 2 and i cant wait and it will keep me smiling until i can ride it.
pointless thread but just wanted to share.

Listen, son (he said, speaking as a 49 year old about to be 50 in less than two weeks time...)...

... when I got my Giant Defy 3 Composite exactly 4 weeks and two days, and 367 miles ago... I was as excited as I was when I was 15 and got my last bike.

And I still am. I'm a bit faster, a bit fitter, and a bit lighter than I was a month ago... and a bit more intimidated by the journey still to come...

... but it's still a great feeling. I've been dreading being 50. The bike makes it bearable.

You'll love the carbon frame by the way. Crisp, positive, goes where it's pointed. What's not to love about that.

alihisgreat

Captainlip wrote:

you'll be shaken to bits on the composites, way to stiff for a carbon frame.

Just no.

elderone

ChrisAOnABike wrote:

elderone wrote:

I,ve decided on my new bike for when im better and i will be ordering this week so really excited,which is sad really for a 49 year old grand dad but i dont care.
The bike is a 2013 giant composite 2 and i cant wait and it will keep me smiling until i can ride it.
pointless thread but just wanted to share.

Listen, son (he said, speaking as a 49 year old about to be 50 in less than two weeks time...)...

... when I got my Giant Defy 3 Composite exactly 4 weeks and two days, and 367 miles ago... I was as excited as I was when I was 15 and got my last bike.

And I still am. I'm a bit faster, a bit fitter, and a bit lighter than I was a month ago... and a bit more intimidated by the journey still to come...

... but it's still a great feeling. I've been dreading being 50. The bike makes it bearable.

You'll love the carbon frame by the way. Crisp, positive, goes where it's pointed. What's not to love about that.

Like it,proof im not the only nutter who gets a buzz from something as daft as a push bike....happy days,

iplod

Blodwell bank !!!, Thats a good start/finish to any ride. Yes i ride it regularly ( doesn't seem to get much easier ) I live in Oswestry, ( was 50 last week ) There really are some fantastic rides around here, and nearlly all of them involving hills. Enjoy your bike.