Ribble gran fondo

mlefa30

cost?

Anonymous

Well done ;-)

How tall and what inside leg are you (actual, not jean size)?

I emailed them re mrs and they said get either an XS (47cm) frame with 100mm stem or S (50CM) frame with an 80mm one.
Am not keen on bigger frame with a stubby stem but am too far away to go there :-(

dav1d1

It's cost £1158

And am 179cm with inside leg I don't know but they measured and put my a 52cm, it's a quite hard place to find as its on a industrial esate and you can't see the shop as you park facing the side wall than walk down a path but you'll proberly see the sign on the path way, now just got to wait till August to get it now am deploying Friday!

mlefa30

nice

dav1d1

Now just looking for some good spare tubes to go in the mavic askims

Anonymous

I tend to use Continental Race. They have always been good tubes (I like their tyres too) and they come with a yellow cap to go with your Mavics ;-)

The other thing you could do is get some latex tubes and keep the mavic ones as the spares.

dav1d1

Yes I don't really know what I need, as dont think these are tublars so will need inners, just looking also a good patch repair kit, than when I get the bike will be practising take the wheels off before going out

GT Destroyer

Hi David...have been reading your thread in the past few days, good work on ordering finally, took a few changes to get there, bet you are well suited - So you now have to wait until August for it? Do you/we know if all the bikes bought from Ribble are this long lead time??? This may well make a decision for me if so

Anonymous

Hi GT, today I asked how long delivery would be on my wife's if ordered Thur and was just told their standard build time is 2-3 weeks.
Not sure if thats saying they are running to schedule at the moment, or that they have a lot on and only wanted to quote standard, rather than actual because it is so long a wait it might put me off :shock:

dav1d1

GT Destroyer wrote:

Hi David...have been reading your thread in the past few days, good work on ordering finally, took a few changes to get there, bet you are well suited - So you now have to wait until August for it? Do you/we know if all the bikes bought from Ribble are this long lead time??? This may well make a decision for me if so

Hello, yes I know tool a few changes from the first post but with this being my first road bike I just wanted to get it all with good equipment on, and the help from this forum was really good! Very well suited to it! No they usually take 2/3 weeks to build, but am a royal marine and going away on Friday till August, so will be collecting it than as they build it up in the shop if you collect, and being my first bike didn't fancy building it up myself! They where very helpfull and would very recommend them and the customer service, been in to buy the pedals today as didn't know which ones would fit the shoes I had, got some old sidi genius 2 one, so bought the look keo classic pedals, as needed new cleats too

Anonymous

Dav1d1 wrote:

Yes I don't really know what I need, as dont think these are tublars so will need inners, just looking also a good patch repair kit, than when I get the bike will be practising take the wheels off before going out

They are not tubulars (they are clinchers) so you will need a couple of spare tubes.

Will you be riding on your own or with others? Just get someone to show you if you can.
Its easy when you know how but could be a pain if you just have a go.
Ask Ribble to show you when you pick it up

I do not bother patching tubes but do carry glueless patches in case I use the two spare tubes I carry and there is no one with a third that I can pinch.

I would not practice taking the tyres off as they may probably be stiff/tight from new.
Just wait until you need to do it, unless you are often cycling on your own in the middle of nowhere.

Do you have a maintenance class you could go to? I know Evans Cycles do some. Might be worth doing if you are not used to changing tubes etc.

dav1d1

Carbonator wrote:

Dav1d1 wrote:

Yes I don't really know what I need, as dont think these are tublars so will need inners, just looking also a good patch repair kit, than when I get the bike will be practising take the wheels off before going out

They are not tubulars (they are clinchers) so you will need a couple of spare tubes.

Will you be riding on your own or with others? Just get someone to show you if you can.
Its easy when you know how but could be a pain if you just have a go.
Ask Ribble to show you when you pick it up

I do not bother patching tubes but do carry glueless patches in case I use the two spare tubes I carry and there is no one with a third that I can pinch.

I would not practice taking the tyres off as they may probably be stiff/tight from new.
Just wait until you need to do it, unless you are often cycling on your own in the middle of nowhere.

Do you have a maintenance class you could go to? I know Evans Cycles do some. Might be worth doing if you are not used to changing tubes etc.

ok thanks for that information, yes will be riding mostly on my own until i feel good enough to join a club, yes il watch few youtube videos, and ask ribble to show me if they can, ok i may do that as well just carry two inner tubes and patch kit, i did not know evans did that i will have a look on the site now and see if they have any local, thanks for the information

Anonymous

Join a club straight away. You will get better quicker and have someone to change your tubes.
You don't train to join a club, you join a club to train ;-)

richard_farrant

Carbonator wrote:

Why does the spec say 'no tubes needed tubulars'?.

I think it is because the Askium wheels come as a set with tyres

dav1d1

Mavic Pr WTS Aksium S Red Clincher ED11 Camp 700x23

anyone know what type of valve these come with as was buying a mini pump but couldnt as didnt know what they where

rolf_f

Dav1d1 wrote:

Mavic Pr WTS Aksium S Red Clincher ED11 Camp 700x23

anyone know what type of valve these come with as was buying a mini pump but couldnt as didnt know what they where

Road bikes use Presta. But that shouldn't be a factor in your mini pump choice. If it can't do both, it probably isn't any good anyway (though 90% of minipumps are , infact, no good anyway! Make sure you get a Leyzne one or Topeak one.

GT Destroyer

Ta for replies guys - Am doing something very very similar to you David, and its a helpful thread for me - I am leaning towards the R872, it seems to point towards strength/stiffness as a bonus over the other models, although the Gran Fondo looks amazing....I am 6ft 7 and best part of 16/17 stone, so was thinking a stronger stiffer bike might be better for my size???? Any thoughts???

mlefa30

i too am thinking about the R872, looks mega amazing, just not sure whether it would upright enough for me (even eith spacers, i'm 5'11 with 33 inseam but not too flexible)

Anonymous

Rolf F wrote:

Dav1d1 wrote:

Mavic Pr WTS Aksium S Red Clincher ED11 Camp 700x23

anyone know what type of valve these come with as was buying a mini pump but couldnt as didnt know what they where

Road bikes use Presta. But that shouldn't be a factor in your mini pump choice. If it can't do both, it probably isn't any good anyway (though 90% of minipumps are , infact, no good anyway! Make sure you get a Leyzne one or Topeak one.

That about sums up mini pumps ;-)
I got the Leyzne (make sure you get the short one that 'says' it can pump up to 120psi if you do) because it looks sexy and I wanted a flexible connection.
I do not plan to ever use it though as use a track pump at home and Co2 when out and about. Its just for emergency.

TheCoo'sTail

mlefa30 wrote:

i too am thinking about the R872, looks mega amazing, just not sure whether it would upright enough for me (even eith spacers, i'm 5'11 with 33 inseam but not too flexible)

Go for it. I did last year and love mine. I'm 6' with around the same inseam as yourself, I'm not super flexible either, not too bad but not great. Mine does have all the spacers in and it's absolutely fine.

GT Destroyer

well....heard back from Ribble and their reply was basically a No...their frames do not cater for someone of my height........OK

bobinski

GT Destroyer wrote:

well....heard back from Ribble and their reply was basically a No...their frames do not cater for someone of my height........OK

I have a work colleague of same height as you. Bloody long legs. We struggled to find him a large enough bike frame and then looked at Canyon. He now has a 3xl sise Ultimate Al, campag athena. He loves it. Had a few going in the outlet store on their site so have a look there perhaps?