Good Morning!

As many others in this forum section have voiced, "help! I'm new!" - I would like to echo the same chord.

For years back in junior high and high school (I'm 26 now), I used my mountain bike to get myself some fun, exciting exercise around my little town and into the neighboring mountain scape. After two moves, I have let go of my mountain bike and want to get into road biking. I live in the Seattle-metro area now and seeing the bike lanes and trails has me itchy to get back into the swing of cycling!

With every new endeavor, there is a learning curve, which is why I'm coming to you gals for some help! I've been starting my online research and I'm finding that simply typing in "best women's road bikes" won't make it. Haha. As I've been reading on these forums, there is little that can replace a simple stop to your local biking stores to get a glimpse and measured up on what to look for. Aside from this wonderful advice, what other nuggets of wisdom or terminology, etc would you be able to offer me in this time of informational infancy?

As a bit of a side note, I'm 5'6 with average/long legs (as per the jeans I buy!), 110 lbs, with a healthy diet.

Again, many thanks in advance for all the help, consider me a cycling sponge!