LBS asks weight to schedule test ride

[KnottedYet]

And yes, things do get personal! I am still trying to figure how to explain to my (very cute) LBS guy that the seat on my new bike is causing some major discomfort- no, not in the butt...more "to the front" from there!

Aw, don't bother explaining to him, explain it to us! There is a saddle section somewhere (Gear and Apparel?) where you can describe your riding style/bike/current saddle/current problem and I bet you dollars to doughnuts a bunch of other women will chime in who've had almost the same experience and they'll tell you how they solved it!

Then you can go to cute LBS dude and say, "I've heard good things about this saddle, can you order me one and give me 30 days to try it?"

Edit: oops, I was off, it's "Gear and Accessories" http://forums.teamestrogen.com/forumdisplay.php?f=72

[bikerz]

Hi TabbyBikes! Welcome to TE!

I had a similar set of concerns when I started cycling about 3 years ago, and i was very nervous and uncomfortable when I first walked into the LBS as an obviously overweight person. No one there asked my actual weight, and I was waaaay too self-conscious to give it out, and it's too bad, because the only thing that was off initially was that the wheels that came with that bike were way too "squishy" for me, and eventually I had to upgrade them to stiffer wheels.

Welcome to the wonderful world of bikes! Speaking for myself, cycling has given me not only some of the most exhilarating moments in recent years, but also some of the hardest (I still have to give myself a little "get over yourself" lecture before appearing in public in lycra! )

But you've been given good advice above - enjoy the process, ask lots of questions, here on TE and at at the LBS, and have fun picking out your next bike! Everyone wants to see pictures, so don't forget your camera!

[TabbyBikes]

Oh, you gals ROCK. Thank you so much for your responses -- I get that it really does have a purpose, and I really like the idea that they'll be so happy to 'convert' me that they won't even blink.
In the meantime, we are still waiting on the offer letter for DH's new job, and on tonight's ride I started wondering if I just might want a road bike. So I'm still in the early stages yet, lol. But I'll keep you posted (and I'll wander over to the Getting To Know You thread!)

[batsheva]

Oh, you gals ROCK. Thank you so much for your responses -- I get that it really does have a purpose, and I really like the idea that they'll be so happy to 'convert' me that they won't even blink.
In the meantime, we are still waiting on the offer letter for DH's new job, and on tonight's ride I started wondering if I just might want a road bike. So I'm still in the early stages yet, lol. But I'll keep you posted (and I'll wander over to the Getting To Know You thread!)

you KNOW you want a roadbike, Tabs---

[Trek420]

you KNOW you want a roadbike, Tabs---

resistance is futile

[KnottedYet]

watch out! We recruit into the steel road bike/Brooks saddle/wool biking clothes cults!

[TabbyBikes]

watch out! We recruit into the steel road bike/Brooks saddle/wool biking clothes cults!

Well, via my knitting I've already seen the glory of wool. Between that, last night's urge to stretch out across my handlebars, and the scary thing that popped & bled in my 'special places' after last night's ride . . . I may not be hard to convert to all those things!

[RoadRaven]

..... and on tonight's ride I started wondering if I just might want a road bike.

Bwahahahahahahaha

Road bikes rule... another convert

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Bwahahahahahahaha

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