Hi Silver, welcome to Bike Forums.

Based on your bikes of choice I'm assuming you plan to do road cycling. So here's what you do: go over to the Road Cycling forum and do some research before you start posting and asking questions. Read the threads up at the top of the forum intended for new roadies - there is a lot of valuable information in there.

THEN find the search function in the upper right of the forum page, and if you have any particular topics you want to research see if you can find them in past threads using the search function.

THEN just cruise through the current threads, just reading and listening and lurking through the conversations to get a feel for how the guys interract.

Once you are familiar with how things work around here then go ahead and ask a couple of intelligent questions, or just join in on some of the conversations.

DO NOT just barge right into the Road Cycling forum and start asking uninformed, naive, noobie questions like the ones you just asked! The boys over there have little patience for someone who is floundering and hasn't done any homework. They might even ruin your evening and overall Bike Forums experience . . . I wouldn't want that. Just don't be in a big rush, take your time and do some research before you test the waters with questions.

Sound good? Great! Have fun!

Bill
Forum Moderator