Thinking about buying a Specialized Ruby Comp

[Bluetree]

i can still carry 2 water bottles on my frame! i have t to use side entry cages... but that's ok... they are curvy and pretty and look great on ruby!!!!! (and they are the large red polar bottles!)

Caligurl... why do you need the side entry cages? I have a 48cm and I use two top-loading ones. Can't remember the brand, but I'll have to take a close look.

+1 on the no-toe-overlap!

[xeney]

Lisa, that was kind of the whole point of the Ruby's design. It has a special fork that takes care of the toe overlap problem while allowing a shorter cockpit:

One striking and welcome addition to the family is the women's-specific, semi-monocoque carbon fiber Ruby line. Specialized touts the Ruby as the highest-level frameset currently available with women's-specific geometry, including a shorter top tube, head tube extension, and a shallower head tube angle coupled with a carbon fork with greater trail. This produces the short cockpit dimension required for women's typically shorter torsos but without the toe clip overlap issues.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?.../specialized06

I wish I could afford one! But I am so in love with the red color on the pro that I could not settle for one of the more affordable versions. Call me shallow!

[emily_in_nc]

Lisa, that was kind of the whole point of the Ruby's design. It has a special fork that takes care of the toe overlap problem while allowing a shorter cockpit....

I thought that having a fork with greater trail made for sluggish handling? I could be wrong, but this is what I remember.

Emily, whose little road bike has 650c wheels AND toe overlap, but it fits!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Aghhh!!.....brain hurting!!!!!!!!

[Triskeliongirl]

I thought that having a fork with greater trail made for sluggish handling? I could be wrong, but this is what I remember.

Emily, whose little road bike has 650c wheels AND toe overlap, but it fits!

This is correct, its actually a combination of having a fork with too much rake, AND a slack head tube angle, that combine to give a bike with too much trail that causes the sluggish handling. BUT YMMV. I know lots of women ride these bikes and LOVE them, but when I test rode bikes like that I didn't like the handling.

[caligurl]

Caligurl... why do you need the side entry cages? I have a 48cm and I use two top-loading ones. Can't remember the brand, but I'll have to take a close look.

+1 on the no-toe-overlap!

i can't get the large polars in or out of a regular.... but my side entries are gorgeous.... so i don't mind! and i can't/won't use the smaller bottles!

[Aggie_Ama]

Cali- Can you post a picture of the cages you use? I really want to use at least one tall polar bottle, maybe new cages would solve this?

[caligurl]

Cali- Can you post a picture of the cages you use? I really want to use at least one tall polar bottle, maybe new cages would solve this?

here it is with the old style tall polar bottles in the cages....