Originally Posted by
coominya
Nice bike Mak, looks a lot like my Giant Talon, and welcome to the forum too. I like the green water bottle, that's my favorite colour. Don't forget to set the seat up to the right height, it took me months of tweaking to get it "perfect" so to speak, along with the tilt angle, the forward back position. Makes a huge difference on a long ride. Keep an open mind about clipless pedal systems too, they are definitely worth a look at. I switched over myself, and again, make a huge difference on long rides.
Thanks for the advice!! I took it out for an 8 mile ride this morning and I see what you mean about the seat, the angle is not quite perfect and made my rear a bit sore but i suppose bike pants would help also. I'm going to have to slowly get into all the different parts as the bike basically cleaned me out of disposable cash for a few weeks but well worth it.