Originally Posted by Grasschopper
You wanted a black one? I LOVE the color of yours personally, ruby red on a bike called Ruby is just perfect...but I like the color of mine even more...I like blue though. Yea she hasn't ridden much recently and the rides she has done have been on a tendem so she didn't have to worry about dropping the bike unclipping, which is what she did with the Ruby. I guess due to the cold temps in Austin she has been riding on the trainer for the last week...no falls reported off the trainer.
originally.. yes... i wanted black.. flat black! i wanted last year's roubaix pro! however even the smallest one wouldn't have fit me correctly (or would have needed an uber short stem!) i debated on getting the ruby cuz it wasn't flat black... but after seeing pictures... went ahead and put a deposit... (with the stipulation i got it back if i didn't like the bike... including not liking the color! lol!) i actually do love the color of my bike.... it is, as you said, perfect for a bike called ruby! and it's feminine without being gurlie! i was slightly disapointed that it's glossy/shiny... as the pics i saw from interbike were of a flat ruby color! (and why didn't they call the black one ebony or onyx and the blue one sapphire**********? lol!)
blue bikes! lol! i have two! my dolce is blue and my mountain bike is blue! so i didn't want another blue bike (even though it would have saved me buying new accessories! lol! but that's the ocp in me coming out! and realistically.. i STILL would have bought all new blue stuff!
) i even bought new water bottles... i'm SOOOOOOOOO ocp!