00:00 Hi, my name's Sam, Digital Reporter for the Lancashire Post and come with me as I head to Ribble Cycles
00:06 as I take you through an interactive experience on how to buy a bike at their state-of-the-art showroom in Clitheroe.
00:14 Identify whether it's going to be a road bike that you want to ride, whether it's going to be an off-road bike,
00:18 whether it's going to be an assistive, power-assistive bike, what it is that you're actually looking for.
00:23 Once you've identified that, the next step would be to see, first of all, pick out the right bike, perhaps one or two.
00:29 So you can choose one and then have a look at prices once you've kind of narrowed it down.
00:35 If you liked a particular one, the next step would be to make sure you've got the right size.
00:40 Obviously, at the showroom, you have a really good opportunity to make sure that when you leave, you've obviously got exactly the right frame size.
00:47 We've got a lot of road bikes in here which you can choose from, and I know that in your price range, this might be an ideal option.
00:54 So our R872 here, which is a fantastic bike, available in different builds.
00:58 The builds are visible on the screen here, so you can have a quick look here and look at the different pricing
01:03 and potentially the different build options you've got with different wheel sets and different group sets.
01:08 And then you can obviously match that to your budget.
01:11 That might be the next step, and when you're happy, if that was a bike you thought you'd like to try,
01:16 then we would take you over to the sizing team and make sure that we get you the right size frame.
01:21 So the next step, obviously, if we've identified the bike, over to the Wall of Truth.
01:25 And then if you keep your chin down, that's brilliant.
01:28 I need to kind of jump a bit.
01:30 So I reckon with a shoe, your shoes are probably half an inch, maybe a bit more.
01:37 That's acceptable.
01:38 So that means you're probably about 6'3". Does that sound right?
01:41 Sounds about right.
01:42 Brilliant. Okay.
01:43 So with that measurement, then we can use a tablet here, and obviously we can apply that to the different sizes for the frame sizes that we've got for the R872,
01:52 pick out the right size frame, and then obviously add the crucial geometry that we need to the size of the bike.
01:59 It takes a couple of minutes, and then you can get on board and try riding it and see if we can get it right.
02:04 We need to make the adjustments so that you then get the right bike.
02:08 Sounds good.
02:09 So once you've identified the right size frame and you've got the right size bike,
02:12 it's to look at the things you can do to customise it, potentially to maximise what you can buy within the budget that you've got,
02:18 if that's what you'd like to do.
02:20 So what we do is go on here, we've looked at the R872,
02:24 come around a little bit, that's it, and then we'd obviously look at the right bike on here, so we've got a carbon GoPro.
02:30 There we go, we can look on here.
02:32 There we go.
02:33 There's the R872 there.
02:35 So let's see if we can get that on.
02:37 And then once we've chosen the bike, we pop in your size.
02:42 There we go, so extra large, customised.
02:45 And then we're going to do that one more time.
02:49 Customised.
02:50 And then we can see Bike Builder.
02:52 So Bike Builder gives you those options in order to make different changes.
02:55 And then obviously we also have Custom Colour.
02:57 So Custom Colour enables you to choose, depending on which colours you choose, from £350.
03:03 And it's a special bike, in a colour that you like, so you can configure that.
03:10 Obviously, lots of different paint finishes.
03:15 There we go, for both the frame and the decal.
03:19 And we can see the cost of that.
03:22 Then we review and buy, and we can see the price.
03:26 We can see the expected delivery date, and we can also see the full list of your build.
03:33 Everything that's going to be involved in building that bike, for our mechanics.
03:39 Ready for when you collect it.
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