Opinions on Specialized Ruby?

[kajero]

I know someone who may be interested. She won't buy any bicycle unless the seller has the proof of ownership. She wants to make sure she is not buying a stolen bicycle.

Could you let me know if you have this, what size the bike is, and where you are located?

[Helene2013]

An older thread, but the bike name is the same.

I'm going to try a Ruby this weekend. I don't know if it is a 2013 or 2014 but it is only to see how it compares to my Kuota.

I have a 2013 Kuota Kharma that I find a bit too reactive and nervous for me. My LBS kept telling me to come and test drive for a weekend one of his Ruby. So they will fit me on one tomorrow night and I can give it a shot - I was going for a 100km (60 miles) on Saturday or Sunday - depending on weather. He said to me for comfort (feeling safer on the bike), definitively the Ruby will better than the Kuota.

I told him I wanted to keep my Kharma (still love it - sooooo cute) but for the trainer. He said: try the Ruby and then we'll see and talk. I have no intention on spending so much after coughing out $3000 on the Kuota last June. So maybe I will be doing a trade-in (losing money on Kuota), or cough out money and keep the Kuota on trainer (which is not a wise option - but hey! What love can do to you. hihi). Will see 1st how it rides, and what's in it for budget. Money does not grow on tree in Montreal either! Never found a place for that yet! hihi

I had told him I did not like the colour of their Ruby. He kept saying: just come and try it. Then we'll talk! haha He just wants to see if it is ME the problem on a bike or the Kuota's really too nervous for me (which he's sure it is as it is a different type of bike).

So I will let you know how I liked riding the Ruby vs my current Kuota.