Hey Viv, there is a great bike shop just up the street from where I work...If you want I will get you the number and you can give him a call.:biggrin:

Is that Jack's on Thomas Rd?

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Yeah that's it.....:biggrin:

Well, I finally bought a bike after trying out a good few...

Thanks for all your advice

I nearly dropped $3k on a Trek Madone thanks to being influenced to try one by someone's avatar pic!

Man I shouldn't have test rode that one! A real dream to ride & I got used to the quick responses in about 5 or 10 km's.

Back down to earth I tried Cannondale Badboy's, a few daVinci's, a couple of Rocky's & I ended up with something similar to my original choice.

A Rocky Mountain RC30 D

http://www.bikes.com/DATA/PHOTO/256.jpg

I'm loving the light weight road bike like build & features complete with a more upright riding position & slightly wider tires.

Also, is it really illegal to ride without a lid in BC?

One store told me I couldn't ride more than up the road & back unless I had a lid?

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Congrats on the bike!
While visiting Stanley park, we bought helmets because of that law, but I saw a whole bunch of people with helmets on our ride.

Nice ride. :)

I'd just wear the lid. Spend $80 or more and you'll love the helmet. (No really - there's like 3 price categories, cheap, not so cheap, and expensive .. The $80 mark seems to be the beginning of the middle category and the feel and comfort really is there.)

Thanks guys :biggrin:

I'm enjoying it loads. Computer says I've put just over 150 km's on the few days I rode it. Having not ridden for a while, my legs are surprisingly fine but my crotch/butt area is killing me!

Interesting to know it's actually illegal with no helmet. I wonder if it's BC wide or just Vancouver (I see loads of people riding without helmets out in the Valley).

I usually do wear a lid, but didn't think to bring one with me bike shopping until one store told me I shouldn't go more than a few hundred yards without one.

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it's the law in bc (with excp. of pedi cabs)


http://www.bikesense.bc.ca/Bike_Sense-Nov05.pdf

Wearing a helmet has saved my head a couple of times. My last helmet is crushed, glad it wasn't my head.
Always wear a helmet, law or not. But yes, it's a BC wide law.

Congrats on the new bike, now we need a pool to bet on when the Madone gets bought