i Am Frightened of my Road Bike

[paulb55]

I was the same first few rides out, shes now my best friend (don't tell the wife)!

LOL

Its true guys, i was cleaning my bike the other day and had all the lubes and cleaners out and the wife walked past and said the usual thing

"you love that bike more then you do me"

Now after 28 years of marriage i said nothing, but bought her a bunch of flowers the next day, littler things mean a lot and at least a £5 bunch of flowers gives me a break for 2 weeks LOL

 

[leroy]

Here it is is........

Its been coming......


MTFU lol

 

[paulb55]

Here it is is........

Its been coming......


MTFU lol

what's MTFU, lost on this post, don't uderstand it at all

 

[Emmanuel Obikwelu]

what's MTFU, lost on this post, don't uderstand it at all

Starts with Man The and ands with Up.
Like they say to you first day when you join the marine corp.
See Matthew Ts recent post "My "oh so clever" fall!" to see the dangers of wet corners.
Just cycle within your comfort zone - your real problems will start when your comfort zone expands and you get over confident.

 

[paulb55]

Starts with Man The and ands with Up.
Like they say to you first day when you join the marine corp.
See Matthew Ts recent post "My "oh so clever" fall!" to see the dangers of wet corners.
Just cycle within your comfort zone - your real problems will start when your comfort zone expands and you get over confident.

OH OK, i see now, just cant get my head around this text speak but getting there and i will MAN THE **** UP, don't worry about that

 

[Nebulous]

You guys need to learn to embrace adrenaline!

I'm a bit of a thrill seeker. I always enjoyed driving too fast, taking risks kind of made me feel more alive. Older and more sensible now, I've only been cycling about 8 months, but I've transferred some of that risk taking to my bike.

I suppose it helps that I haven't had any accidents, other than clipless moments. If I had a bad off it would shake me quite a bit I'm sure.

 

[martint235]

Went riding it the next day and already managed to bottom out one of the peddles while turning right at a set of lights. Have I just got bad pedals coz they touch the ground at about 15 degrees!?

No you haven't. The ground clearance is a lot less on a road bike. Outside pedal down always in corners, more so if you've got 175mm cranks like mine.

 

[twobiker]

After two accidents in two months, neither my fault,on my tourer,I have decided to ride my hybrid more and use the tourer only on the main roads. Where I live its mostly lanes full of cow muck and wild farm dogs and a heavier bike might withstand the attention of collies better.

 

[VamP]

Here it is is........

Its been coming......


MTFU lol

Aaaargh... you beat me to it


Edited to offer up the equal opportunity HTFU (H for Harden)

 

[oliglynn]

I waited a few weeks after getting my road bike til I got SPDs. Figured it'd be better to get used to the bike handling before clipping my feet onto it. I'd recommend doing that, or you'll be thinking about the handling and clipping too much and probably stack it at an embarrassingly low speed!

The road bike handling did feel twitchy to begin with, as i'd ridden hybrid before, but now I'm really familiar with it, I don't find myself noticing the bike, it just feels like an extension of my body.

 

[Hip Priest]

I'm in the same boat. |Find the handling twitchy after riding a mtb. Just takes practice I reckon, so get on yer bike!

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Paul. I understand exactly what you are going through. I went from a hardtail MTB to a road bike and they are worlds apart. That said a few weeks ago I did just shy of 100 miles and loved it. Once you get it set up the right way for you and learn the feel of the machine you will wonder why you ever made this post

 

[eyko]

Having the same issues with others here. Went for another ride yesterday and felt much more controlled on the bike. Still feeling very nervous though changing gears. Having to reach down to the down tube and taking one hand off the handle bars leaves me tensing up (no issue with tensing when indicating mind).

Amazing how much more controlled the bike feels each time I ride it though.

Next plan is to by a bike computer to see my speed, as according to endomondo I can do the route quicker on my MTB??? I think I must ride harder when I see the speed.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Having the same issues with others here. Went for another ride yesterday and felt much more controlled on the bike. Still feeling very nervous though changing gears. Having to reach down to the down tube and taking one hand off the handle bars leaves me tensing up (no issue with tensing when indicating mind).

Amazing how much more controlled the bike feels each time I ride it though.

Next plan is to by a bike computer to see my speed, as according to endomondo I can do the route quicker on my MTB??? I think I must ride harder when I see the speed.

I believe you can get a DT shifter conversion kit that will allow you to have the shifters on the flats. They will not be STI's but may feel better. I have a similar set up on my Viking.

 

[eyko]

I believe you can get a DT shifter conversion kit that will allow you to have the shifters on the flats. They will not be STI's but may feel better. I have a similar set up on my Viking.

Hmm, that might be a thought for the future. Currently trying to keep the amount spent on the bike to the bare minimum. But if I can't adapt to it, nice to know there is an way to keep riding the bike. Cheers!