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As usual, I totally agree with Irulan.

In California, there are a lot of free clinics for Beginners.

I think for women, than gaining confidence on easy fun trails leads them to liking mountain...

I already have the 11-42 rear cassette on my Liv Lust 27.5er. I swapped out my 30T for a 28T front chainring. The gearing works great and is more comfortable for me now just by switching from the...

You can post on Girlz Gone Riding Los Angeles and Girlz Gone Riding Inland Empire and Girlz Gone Riding San Diego depending on where in SoCal you are at

Craigslist also works great. A lot of...

Just wondering if you MTB ladies have any thoughts/experience on the following SRAM 1x11 questions:

1) The Ovoid front chainring (helps with climbing or is it a hype?)
2) 26T vs 28T vs 30T front...

WOW! Impressive! Great Job!

Does color come into play at all for you? If it does, I think you should also decide based on the color scheme.

As for me, since you will be swapping in the 1x11 anyways, perhaps you should go...

My main thought is that these are 2 totally different bikes. One is a 27.5 and the other is a 29'er. When you go downhill and make turns, which feels more comfortable. Even though the Trek is not...

The wheels on the little fold up bike probably has much smaller tires than your new road bike. Bigger tires = more unwieldy, more awkward, more difficult to steer, much faster. Also, possibly the...

Oops. I meant to write Caliper brakes. I just edited my post response

When the disc brakes for road bikes trickle down to the Shimano 105 range, the price of road bikes with disc brakes will not be as expensive as it is now. I look forward to the road bike disc brakes...

I took one Intermediate Flow class (lasted about 4 hours) through Ride Like a Ninja with Richard La China. The class helped me greatly with learning how to pull in a rowing motion while going up...

How exciting! Gorgeous new bike!

By the way Irulan, thanks to you and all the other Teamestrogen members, I have gotten MUCH better at mountain biking (the guys that rode with me one year ago...

I would also get the 2014 bike with 105 instead of Sora. There is a HUGE improvement on shifting on hills with the 105 (and higher like Ultegra/Dura Ace) than the Sora.

Personally, I do NOT think...

You can call Specialized.com to see if there is any change in geometry and if there are any differences between the 2014 and the 2015 models. As far as I know, there are not really any changes this...

Based solely on this photo, I would say that this is NOT a beginner trail because "picking the correct lines" is very essential here due to the rocks that will throw you off balance. It also sounds...

I agree that a 2005 Gary Fisher is not that old. I think you should try riding some more on your current bike, then demo some 27.5 and 29ers.

I am 5ft 1in, but I love the 29ers more than the...

I totally agree with everyone above. The price difference is small and worth upgrading to carbon. I am pretty sure that if you don't buy the carbon, after 1 year, you will want to upgrade to a...

Any bike that is comfortable for you and makes you smile and want to bike more.

In general, I would recommend a road bike for road riding and a mountain bike for trails if you need a slightly more...

I want to add the Specialized VITA on your list then

I completely agree with roo4. I don't think it is worth money to buy a bike for 4 months only.

I heard that La Course will start tomorrow. This is supposed to be the first Female version of Tour de France

I totally agree with Blueberry and Owlie. The pedals are not really worth anything since everyone changes them out, including myself. I am glad that you found that you like the Specialized Ruby...

Over priced for a 2011

Ooooh! Have fun!

Mountain bike shoes are very easy to walk in. I won't consider road shoes either.

I would say for road biking, my pedaling is improved 10-15% when clipped in because I can shift the burn by...