swampyseifer
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Milton Keynes. UK
Sooooo
Finally, after owning a new bike for 4 weeks I finally went out on it today! Boy did I make up for it, considering I've only ridden about 4 or 5 miles in total so far at stints of maybe 30mins at a pop...I did a (relative) marathon of 2 hours and a distance of probably nearly 8 miles, which probably sounds crap but those 8 miles were me going round and round a carpark in an industrial estate that was obviously empty over the weekend.
For the last 45mins or so, I had 5 "cones" out in a straight line to try and practice tightening up my steering and make me learn to relax and flow instead of my bad habibt of jerking the handlebars.
I fell off once because I was riding along and a car pulled into the where I was cycling, I was doing a wide turn at the bottom of the carpark...the car was nowhere near me but I freaked out anyway and turned a bit too harshly, leaning over too much and the front wheel started to slip on the floor. I broke and put my right foot out to catch myself but the peddle spun round and hit me in the back of the leg which then crumpled and I toppled over!
I also stupidly at one point, when dismounting, put my foot down *on* the rear wheel instead of next to it! You can probably guess what happened.
It was a really nice change from the old Velour MTB. For a start its about 9kg lighter, 2" bigger frame and it doesnt have a front-sus. It was definately a good idea to go for the bigger bike as I wasnt so crunched up on it, nor was my knee nearly touching my elbow at the top of the pedal-stroke! The bike was much more responsive as well, which I guess was the lack of suspension, although the first few mins it felt weird as I wasnt used to feeling every slight bump in the road! OMG that saddle tho...
Was kinda getting getting there by the end, did a few runs where I managed to go between all the "cones" but I had to stop as my rear-end could just not take anymore of the saddle...been walking round the house like Johfn Wayne for the rest of the day!
Think I might purchase some riding gloves as well, my palms were quite sore by the end...although I assume a lot of that was me gripping too tight because I dont relax!
Finally, after owning a new bike for 4 weeks I finally went out on it today! Boy did I make up for it, considering I've only ridden about 4 or 5 miles in total so far at stints of maybe 30mins at a pop...I did a (relative) marathon of 2 hours and a distance of probably nearly 8 miles, which probably sounds crap but those 8 miles were me going round and round a carpark in an industrial estate that was obviously empty over the weekend.
For the last 45mins or so, I had 5 "cones" out in a straight line to try and practice tightening up my steering and make me learn to relax and flow instead of my bad habibt of jerking the handlebars.
I fell off once because I was riding along and a car pulled into the where I was cycling, I was doing a wide turn at the bottom of the carpark...the car was nowhere near me but I freaked out anyway and turned a bit too harshly, leaning over too much and the front wheel started to slip on the floor. I broke and put my right foot out to catch myself but the peddle spun round and hit me in the back of the leg which then crumpled and I toppled over!
I also stupidly at one point, when dismounting, put my foot down *on* the rear wheel instead of next to it! You can probably guess what happened.
It was a really nice change from the old Velour MTB. For a start its about 9kg lighter, 2" bigger frame and it doesnt have a front-sus. It was definately a good idea to go for the bigger bike as I wasnt so crunched up on it, nor was my knee nearly touching my elbow at the top of the pedal-stroke! The bike was much more responsive as well, which I guess was the lack of suspension, although the first few mins it felt weird as I wasnt used to feeling every slight bump in the road! OMG that saddle tho...
Was kinda getting getting there by the end, did a few runs where I managed to go between all the "cones" but I had to stop as my rear-end could just not take anymore of the saddle...been walking round the house like Johfn Wayne for the rest of the day!
Think I might purchase some riding gloves as well, my palms were quite sore by the end...although I assume a lot of that was me gripping too tight because I dont relax!
What bike did you end up getting?
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