New to cycling - Questions

[seychelle]

Just wanted to say thanks to you both for your responses. I'm going to read and digest what you've posted before asking any more questions. Anyone else that wants to chime in, please do!

And to answer BleeckerSt_Girl's question, it was a mix of procrastination, health issues. I had forgotten I had this account (not that that stopped me from getting a bike).

Addendum: I'm 45 and I used to run. I randomly run now on account of foot injuries and when I do it has to be on a TM. That bores me to death, so I am not very consistent with it.

Regarding the seat, I questioned it at the bike shop because it looks very "male like" to me and the guy said to give it a try first and see how it felt after a while. I could change it out later if needed. I'm just sore in the boney area in spite of my ample natural padding.


Yet another question (without having read all the links, etc). Shouldn't the bike shop guy have done all the measuring/adjusting ZenSojourner mentioned? Hmmm.