Lil Ribble has arrived!

I picked up my new bike last Thursday :)

Has been called Lil Ribble, coz it's still tiny :)

 

 

Still getting to grips with Lil Ribble, first job was to put the saddle off  le Velocipede onto Lil Ribble. That way I am working on the setup without the added complication of a new saddle being less than comfortable. So far so good. Did 25, 23 and 20 mile rides over the last four days and it's not quite right yet, but I don't think it is too far off. I'm going to pop it onto the turbo on Thursday for a spin and the best way for me to check my setup is to put one of my cameras on a tripod and video myself pedalling. I can see on the playback of I am over extending, it is ever so obvious because the muscles literally jump out at you! and you don't want to be doing that. That is caused by having the saddle too high. Equally though, you can get some chronic knee pain form it being too low and 1/4 inch can make a huge amount of difference. So a little fine tuning required.

 

 

I have to say though, the build on the bike is superb. Ribble Bikes were spot on with their build date and I've not found a thing wrong with it. 10/10