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Moe

Moe

Moe
Location
Ripon, North Yorkshire, England.
Hi, I am new to cycling and have just acquired a mountain bike through the ride to work scheme (fantastic opportunity if you can get it!)
My ride to work is only half a mile but I didn't want it for riding to work.... I wanted my bike just to ride for fun!

I got a mountain bike, not sure I have done the right thing, I may have been better with a hybrid but I have it now.... The tyres on road bikes scare the life out of me so a road bike was out of the question!! (for the moment!!)

I used to be a runner and used a Garmin forerunner 410 to track my runs, but as many of you know, it can be used for cycling which is brilliant! I have tracked my rides that I have done so far and here is my progress:

13/07/14 ...6 miles average speed 8.5
23/07/14 ...6 miles average speed 9.0
27/07/14 ...10 miles average speed 8.9
30/07/14 ...12 miles average speed 9.2
03/08/14 ...15 miles average speed 10.0
09/08/14 ... 20 miles average speed of 11.4

As you can see, my distance and speed are steadily increasing! I am not bothered about the speed but that is coming along all by it's self!!

So, on-wards and up-wards!
 

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Bryony

Bryony

Veteran
Location
Ramsgate, Kent
:welcome: to CC! Don't be scared of road bike tyres, they are easy peasy to ride on and the make you go faster!!:laugh: Seriously though I only ever used to ride mountain bikes and I was scared of the skinny tyres but I don't even think about it now!! Anyway enjoy your new bike and happy cycling!^_^
 
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Moe

Moe

Moe
Location
Ripon, North Yorkshire, England.
Thank you Bryony! In the past I had a bike and came off it on black ice, I only rode it for a month or two (hence me being new to cycling now) We also came off our motorbike years ago because the wheel just went from under us going around a corner (no, we were not going fast, it was in the center of a town) so now, cornering and the thought of tiny tyres does scare me.... Anyway, never say never eh! lol. We'll see! I have a year to go before I can even think about buying a second one now! ;)
 
Saluki

Saluki

World class procrastinator
Location
...Norwich over the water.
I used to be nervous of skinny road tyres, especially when I got rid of my BSO and bought a Defy. The roadie took a week or so to get used to but I adore it. As for the black ice issue, a hybrid or a MTB will slide just as badly on it. Not a worry at this time of year though.
 
paul04

paul04

Über Member
Once you have a bit more confidence, you could cycle to work, I know you said it was only half a mile, but you could go the longer way around if possible:smile:
 
Nigelnaturist

Nigelnaturist

Guru
Location
Pontefract
paul04 said:
Once you have a bit more confidence, you could cycle to work, I know you said it was only half a mile, but you could go the longer way around if possible:smile:
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Like @Supersuperleeds does.
 
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Moe

Moe

Moe
Location
Ripon, North Yorkshire, England.
Thank you everyone! I will give it serous consideration over the next year! Is it worth me putting road tyres on the bike I have now? I have looked at the tyres online and am totally baffled!! On my tyre I have now it says: 52-559 (26x2.1) Can anyone tell me what would be best to get?
 
Pat "5mph"

Pat "5mph"

A kilogrammicaly challenged woman
Moderator
Location
Glasgow
Moe said:
Thank you again roadrash! I have just ordered the 1.5 ones and should get them on Tuesday ready for my next long ride on Wednesday! :smile: (Got a 30 miler planned!! :smile: )
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Welcome Moe!
You will certainly feel the difference on the 30 miler after fitting the jets.
Did same change as you a few years back, scared myself by going too fast :smile:
 
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