Thanks guys. I have been to a few bike shops around the area (Alberton) and those that seem to know have huge price tags, and those that have no idea have big price tags on the goods. Simply put, the indian lady that owns one local shop has fair prices on some stuff but cannot tell me a thing about what size frame I should be using. (My current fram is 61 cm from centre Crank to saddle post, but the length of the fram from saddle post to steering post is on about 57 cm. Way off square and probably the reason it is such an uncomfortable ride with such poor handling dynamics. The cycle hub (I think thats what they called themselves. were also pretty out if info and mainly wanted me to look at anything with a new price tag, the cheapest bike being 38 grand. Man that's more than my car is worth and the way cyclists get jacked these days, I'm more than a little scared to be spending bug bucks on my summer toy. I have heard that Raleigh and Scott have middle of he road prices, but I still need to come up with a size of bike frame. For the rest of it, I can fix almost anything, derailers, chains, bearings etc. So, long as I can get a decent size frame that can handle well, I can get a better time on my best 3.5 hours cycle challenge time.
