What's The Big Deal Anyway?

[Ny82]

I am so glad you guys make me laugh! 
 
RCA-I am still so confused with all the different types of bike. I will come back with the wrong one for sure. Next thing i will have legs like pop eye. 
 
Jen-No unfortunately there isn't an evans cycles, there is however a specialized bikes shop-oh wow the pink BMX...
 
Daize-hope you're ok now. What a horrible thing. At least you still went out on the bike!
 
TT-that is my biggest fear, riding along and the handle bars come off then it would just be the comedy moment like in cartoons, I would be straight down the hill, through the traffic narrowly missing everything and shouting "GET OUT THE WAY" as I zoom towards the roundabout, go over the middle n end up in a bin 

 

 

[daizeUK]

I'm fine now.    Felt queasy for a few hours and then slept through the rest of the day!  Back to normal now lol
 
I've got as far as investigating frame size.  I'm looking at mountain bikes since I will mostly be riding off-road - I don't do roads
I found this http/www.evanscycles.com/help/bike-sizing#womensmountain.  I'm 5'10" tall so according to this I should be looking for a size 18" frame.
 
Still not sure about the whole hardtail/full suspension thing.  I thought hardtail sounded best since I'll be cycling mostly on forest trails, not up and down mountains but then again I'm hoping to have a child seat on the back so rear suspension might be a bonus for the little one, what do you think?

 

[TallTree01]

I know a guy who was cycling in fog and he hit a bus. He broke his spine.

 

[Mamashack]

Rear suspension might be good for your rear too, Daize! lol
You have a weird sense of humour TT or were you laughing at someone else's post? It's difficult to tell

 

[TallTree01]

Rear suspension might be good for your rear too, Daize! lol
You have a weird sense of humour TT or were you laughing at someone else's post? It's difficult to tell

LOL!!! I was laughing at ny82. Probably didn't specify that right.
Sorry for the confusion lol.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

 
 
 
 
On a side note:  I know a guy who was cycling in fog and he hit a bus. He broke his spine.

 
FYP.

 

[TallTree01]

Aah, thankyou for that...

 

[*pete*]

As long as your feet can touch the ground comfortably when on the bike... just use it like a scooter... you will soon be riding without even realizing.

 
Edit...you can do this Nylah.

 

[the_lock_man]

 

 
 
 
 
On a side note:  I know a guy who was cycling in fog and he hit a bus. He broke his spine.

 
FYP.

 

 
 
When I was 14, I was riding back to school in February, and it was snowing quite hard - I just put my head down and rode. Consequently, I didn't see the parked car. When I came round, the owner of the car was sorting me out. I had fractured my eye socket, and a piece of the coloured plastic from the rear light cluster had punctured the skin about ½" below my left eye. Had it gone much higher, it would have blinded me. Thankfully, it didn't, and the scar just looks like a natural ageing line, so it hasn't spoilt my beauty too much (I bet I can guess who will answer that bit....)
 
I had a huge black eye for about a month afterwards.
 
But don't let that put you off, Ny......

 

[eaglesaquarium]

When I was 14, I was riding back to school in February, and it was snowing quite hard - I just put my head down and rode. Consequently, I didn't see the parked car. When I came round, the owner of the car was sorting me out. I had fractured my eye socket, and a piece of the coloured plastic from the rear light cluster had punctured the skin about ½" below my left eye. Had it gone much higher, it would have blinded me. Thankfully, it didn't, and the scar just looks like a natural ageing line, so it hasn't spoilt my beauty too much (I bet I can guess who will answer that bit....)
 
I had a huge black eye for about a month afterwards.
 
But don't let that put you off, Ny......
 

 
Moral of the story - keep your head up!

 

[the_lock_man]

 

When I was 14, I was riding back to school in February, and it was snowing quite hard - I just put my head down and rode. Consequently, I didn't see the parked car. When I came round, the owner of the car was sorting me out. I had fractured my eye socket, and a piece of the coloured plastic from the rear light cluster had punctured the skin about ½" below my left eye. Had it gone much higher, it would have blinded me. Thankfully, it didn't, and the scar just looks like a natural ageing line, so it hasn't spoilt my beauty too much (I bet I can guess who will answer that bit....)
 
I had a huge black eye for about a month afterwards.
 
But don't let that put you off, Ny......
 

 
Moral of the story - keep your head up!
 

 
Or don't go cycling in a snowstorm.

 

[Mamashack]

Or both! lol

 

[TallTree01]

>>>> so it hasn't spoilt my beauty too much (I bet I can guess who will answer that bit).....

Just out of interest, who were you referring to?

 

[daizeUK]

I visited Halfords today to see what they had.  They showed me these:
 
Apollo Jewel Women's Mountain Bike £129.99
Apollo Twilight Women's Mountain Bike £179.99
 
The Twilight model has an aluminium frame and felt nice and light.  I've just noticed the online price is £20 cheaper too!
It's hardtail (apparently I can't have a child seat with rear suspension anyway).
 
I'm tempted to go ahead and buy the aluminium Apollo Twilight while the special offer is still on!

 

[Ny82]

Good god what's with the horror stories? I am not going back to halfrauds. He insisted I need a mountain bike-i'm not going up mountains or rocky terrain. 
Those look good Daize, I liked this myself
http/www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_932973_langId_-1_categoryId_165765
 
IT IS AWESOME!!! Probably defeating the purpose but at least my feet comfortably reached the ground

 
I also liked this since pink is my favourite colour!
http/www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_771009_langId_-1_categoryId_165499
maybe a bit fancy for me?
 
This is the one my other half has. It's his pride n joy apart from his car and he wont let me have a shot 

http/www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_810653_langId_-1_categoryId_165534