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As ever, thanks. I've just had a look on Wriggle and there seems to be lots of choice re: charge spoon.

*edit* higham thanks I am near an Evans and a Cycle Surgery so will get measured.

Thanks to this thread I'm back on my Triban 500SE.

Like the bike a lot. I'm a newbie though so my expectations aren't huge.

Only slight issue is my derriere gets a bit numb in the saddle. I'm...

RLE, thanks for such a detailed answer. Sounds like I have some testing to do.

It comes at a good time as I'm trying to squeeze in some training before a corporate cycling event.

Does shortening the stem mean it's closer to the rider? I thought it might be better to have a longer stem as I'd have less distance to go downwards. I'm probably not explaining myself too well.

OK thanks benny - will Google that.

I feel as if I'm overreaching a bit (not just in cycling but that's another story).

I may look at seeing if I can extend the bars up somehow as well as...

^Thanks CB, will get some.

Hello all

Thanks to this thread, I bought a Triban 500se. It's good fun and fairly quick.

One thing I noticed was that as the brakes are on the drops (forgive me if this isn't the right term -...

They sound like my kind of people, CB :alien: Must remember to top up my water bottle with IPA.



Perfect, thanks benny.

Last newbie question from me chaps.

I typed in 'bike forum' to the search bar here and it threw up hundreds of pages. There seem to be quite a few sites. Is there one that's similar to TZ?...

Hadn't spotted that. Thanks - the reviews seem very positive so I'll try that too.

Sounds like an easy decision then - thanks.



Great, I'll be off to Decathlon soon to see which frame suits me.

I feel bad about saying this but I haven't really ridden a road bike for a...

Wonderful. Thank you.

Don't want to interrupt the flow of this thread (he says, doing precisely that) but if you were looking at a starter road bike for someone who is fit but has no idea about cycling, which would be...