Moving from MTB to road :-)

Pepperchipscp
Pepperchipscp Posts: 19
edited June 2007 in Road beginners
Hi

I am going to purchase a road bike soon and I am concerned about a couple of things. Can I ask you nice people for your opinions about :

1) I am considering purchasing either the new Charge Plug or a Kona Paddy Wagon. My first concern is about the slope of the top tube. Being an MTB rider I am used to an upward sloping top tube from back to front, the Kona has this but the Charge appears to be a downward slope. I am wondering if this will dramatically effect my riding position? I am used to riding with my seat and stem at the same height on my MTB if this helps?

2) I have large size 12 feet and I am concerned about the front of my shoes rubbing on the front tyre because of the steeper head tube angle and the larger wheel size. Is buying a large frame size to compensate for my boat feet a solution?

Thanks for reading all this. Any comments of experience are very warmly appreciated.

Thanks

Marcus

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