bauldbairn
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Welcome to the CC Forum adventureboy - looks like your getting some pretty useful advice from the other Forumers. 
Am I on the wrong bike??
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adventureboy
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I'm just bumping this old thread that I started last year. I've recently bought myself a Giant Rapid 4 which whizzes along effortlessly. It's got road bike features and tyres but has flat handlebars and the gear shift is so quick and smooth. My old 100 quid MTB was such hard work that I never did the 8 mile journey to work in less than 1hr 5mins and it just got harder, tiring and tedious. On my test ride on the new Giant, I did just shy of 8 miles in approx 33 mins with junction stops, and that wasn't going flat-out, I was cruising and just having a comfortable ride using the middle chain ring gears.
Honestly, if anybody is struggling on a cheapo bike, just get yourself sorted with a road bike. The difference is incredible. I used to HATE the journey to work on my old bike, it seemed like a hard, unrewarding toil. I knew there had to be something wrong with that bike. I've rediscovered what I seemed to remember from my youth, that cycling is and should be enjoyable.
Strange thing now is the speed of this new bike - I'm actually scared of going too fast
Honestly, if anybody is struggling on a cheapo bike, just get yourself sorted with a road bike. The difference is incredible. I used to HATE the journey to work on my old bike, it seemed like a hard, unrewarding toil. I knew there had to be something wrong with that bike. I've rediscovered what I seemed to remember from my youth, that cycling is and should be enjoyable.
Strange thing now is the speed of this new bike - I'm actually scared of going too fast
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
I'm just bumping this old thread that I started last year. I've recently bought myself a Giant Rapid 4 which whizzes along effortlessly. It's got road bike features and tyres but has flat handlebars and the gear shift is so quick and smooth. My old 100 quid MTB was such hard work that I never did the 8 mile journey to work in less than 1hr 5mins and it just got harder, tiring and tedious. On my test ride on the new Giant, I did just shy of 8 miles in approx 33 mins with junction stops, and that wasn't going flat-out, I was cruising and just having a comfortable ride using the middle chain ring gears.
Honestly, if anybody is struggling on a cheapo bike, just get yourself sorted with a road bike. The difference is incredible. I used to HATE the journey to work on my old bike, it seemed like a hard, unrewarding toil. I knew there had to be something wrong with that bike. I've rediscovered what I seemed to remember from my youth, that cycling is and should be enjoyable.
Strange thing now is the speed of this new bike - I'm actually scared of going too fast
Great news. Glad to see you are still cycling as well. I have a XC Racing MTB and have just moved to the dark side (road biking) and can not believe the difference.
BrumJim
Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
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- Selly Oak, Birmingham
Good to hear. Get used to the speed, start pedalling hard, and see the times come down.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Fast hybrids are great. My wife had a reasonable Apollo basic MTB - steel, no suspension, and whilst OK - had it over 10 years, it wasn't a patch on the Pinnacle hybrid I got her last year. She loves the new bike. 
