07-12-13, 10:12 PM
At the moment I'm doing just weekend riding for pleasure. Might commute a bit in future, but fair weather, and no plans to tour just yet. The thou' was lovely apart from the handling in turns - it did feel a bit heavy and reluctant to turn in. (but I am a novice so a lot of that might be me). It was in a dealers and I can't remember what tyres it was on. It'd done 20k miles.
I want a bike I can grow into, not that I've got much growing to do, being mid-40s! Does size matter (excuse the pun!) - I'm 5'8" and about 11 stone. Do you have to have a certain amount of strength to manhandle the thou or is it mainly technique? it is good to see it can be tweaked though. If it handled better in turns it would be fantastic. Will try a 600 too. Any more advice gratefully received!
I want a bike I can grow into, not that I've got much growing to do, being mid-40s! Does size matter (excuse the pun!) - I'm 5'8" and about 11 stone. Do you have to have a certain amount of strength to manhandle the thou or is it mainly technique? it is good to see it can be tweaked though. If it handled better in turns it would be fantastic. Will try a 600 too. Any more advice gratefully received!