http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Colleague with cabin fever seeks bike advice en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:42:05 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326371 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 13:34:20 +0000 sallyhinch 326371@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Chug - yes indeed, I think that was what she meant. It was I who named the starter Jimmy Carter (the starter) after a president I have long admired since I learned that he was the only US president who lowered the tariffs on peanut imports despite also famously being a peanut farmer. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326368 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 13:06:08 +0000 unhurt 326368@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I suggested that, but she's in the wilds of Dunfermline... I did say she should phone round some shops! </p> <p>Looks like she's just gone for the Genesis. She is a bit impatient. And was a bit surprised to find she had to buy pedals separately!</p> <p>Thanks everyone for input anyway! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326361 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:27:10 +0000 Harts Cyclery 326361@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hate to be all old-fashioned about this, but your colleague could just visit one of the many excellent city bike shops that are still open and seek advice on a new bicycle ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326355 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:10:24 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 326355@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>CdA 20 is nice, my main commuter. Had mine 7 years &amp; no issues. Not the lightest. Mechanical disc brakes are a bit of a letdown, swapped my front one out and the Promax ones on this year's version may be a step down again (mine had TRP brakes). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326349 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:49:01 +0000 Chug 326349@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe your friend wasn't referencing the 39th President...maybe more of this lot:<br /> <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_the_Unstoppable_Sex_Machine" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_the_Unstoppable_Sex_Machine</a><br /> Infamous for rugby tackling Philip Schofield live on stage and having a song banned by the Beeb during the gulf war. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326341 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:08:48 +0000 gembo 326341@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@unhurt ask her if she knows one hour around Dunfermline (well 30 mins out and back) takes you to some cracking places - eg Culross </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326340 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:04:53 +0000 sallyhinch 326340@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A friend on Twitter called it 'Carter the unstoppable bread machine'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326336 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:40:21 +0000 I were right about that saddle 326336@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm unsure of the Rules on butterfly bars but in my world if you have a hare garden you can do pretty much whatever you like and the universe will smile indulgently. </p> <p>Is your sourdough also rhyming slang? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326335 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:33:25 +0000 sallyhinch 326335@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Are those of us with a sourdough starter named after a US president, facial hair (thanks! menopause) and a garden full of hares allowed butterfly bars though? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326331 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:20:58 +0000 unhurt 326331@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe I should have said that's she's in Dunfermline. So less bike shops available...</p> <p>She now really likes the looks of this after I made some suggestions:</p> <p><a href="https://www.genesisbikes.co.uk/bike/cda-20-2020" rel="nofollow">https://www.genesisbikes.co.uk/bike/cda-20-2020</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326328 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:08:44 +0000 I were right about that saddle 326328@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wingpig</p> <p>No one is allowed Jones H-Loops unless they have facial hair, a straight razor and a sourdough starter named after a beat poet. @unhurt thinks she's safe but the hipster police are just crafting a brass and mahogany paddy wagon to come get her. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326324 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:00:52 +0000 gembo 326324@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wingpig, for running on rollers? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326322 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 09:49:30 +0000 wingpig 326322@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The 'gravel' thing but replace the flat bars with a: bullhorns, or b: Alabama longhorn-horns or whatever 3' wide things iwrats has. OR go straight for adventure-specialism and a Latitude or full-on fat bike, which can still be used for transport and shopping but also requires lots for fitness/effort and can be used for adventuresome exercise? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326311 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 08:31:52 +0000 I were right about that saddle 326311@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bike Station might return soon with new rigorous working practices? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326310 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 08:28:07 +0000 gembo 326310@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Insider knowledge (from facebook post about this) suggests unhurt persuaded pal away from shonky entry level bike and colleague catapulted to very fancy gravellator. Flat bars though yeuch. Well unhurt mentions that here too. Borrowing would be normal thing to do. Buying without trying off internet NO </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326307 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 08:09:34 +0000 sallyhinch 326307@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Normally I would suggest a secondhand bike for someone's first bike because whatever she buys, after a year it's likely to be the wrong bike but by then she'll know what she wants, or it will have been in the shed for 11 months, and either way she won't have wasted as much money. I know the bike station is shut - are there other secondhand places still open? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326306 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 08:04:40 +0000 I were right about that saddle 326306@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>She should totally like borrow a bike and wash it with bleach and then ride it. How else can she know? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326305 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 07:50:20 +0000 gembo 326305@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@unhurt, does your pal live near a gravel path that is not being already used by 100s of other runners and cyclists?</p> <p>I would go with nice sit up and beg for 1 hour max shopping trips</p> <p>Or</p> <p>Super fast road bike for doing 20 miles in an hour </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20159#post-326301 Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:18:21 +0000 unhurt 326301@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Talked her out of a sub-£300 entry level "<a href="https://www.decathlon.co.uk/triban-womens-beginner-road-bike-white-id_8503059.html">road bike</a>" and now she's eyeing one of these:</p> <p><a href="https://octane-one.com/bike/gridd_flat/" rel="nofollow">https://octane-one.com/bike/gridd_flat/</a></p> <p>I am trying to give good advice but she has not been forthcoming re: what sort of cyling she might want to do beyond "I hate walking on pavements. I just want a way to get out that doesn't involve the drudgery of walking in circles every day."!</p> <p>Note: she currently runs / crossfits / goes up hills / punches stuff. So fitness not an issue, but bike fit might be if bought online without previous cycling experience... </p>