First Ride

sparrowlegs78

Had my first rode on my road bike today..it nearly killed me!
Being a mountain biker mainly i really found having a double chain set much harder going, not having my granny grear to cosset me uphills !
But even though i was knackered i had a really good ride...more more i say.
Many thanks for reading .
Caz xxxxx

carl_p

Not surprised you were knackered carrying all those tools around

Quite a nice looking bike though.

jmeadows

well done girl, another roadie convert eh? good luck

sparrowlegs78

Carl_P wrote:

Not surprised you were knackered carrying all those tools around

Quite a nice looking bike though.

Ahh yeah lol....scuse the mess..i am in the prosess of repacking the exhaust cans off my less tiring bike
Caz xxxx

sparrowlegs78

jmeadows wrote:

well done girl, another roadie convert eh? good luck

Yup...i might enjoy enough to oneday upgrade the bike to something a bit posher..but then again something posher would walk round here
Caz xxxx

giant_man

Good luck to you Caz looks like a good start well done girl

CheeseyJoe

How far did you ride?

sparrowlegs78

4 miles...but in my defense..it was 4 miles straight uphill from my front door lol...a bloody long climb :oops:
Caz :lol;: xxxxxxx

judokev

Hi Caz,

I cant believe you bought a double and you live in Blackburn!!!

Your always either going up a hill or down, but on the bright side you will leave some people for dead if you come across a flat bit of road at some point.

I bought a triple and even though I have only used it a couple of times I am so glad that I did

Judokev

Road Red

Well done. Compared to you I'm a very experienced roadie (3 weeks!). As I live in a hilly area I did get a triple. However, reading a lot of the comments on triples I reckoned I would be using the granny gears until much later when I hit some serous climbs.
Wrong, I lasted precisely 2 miles before I was in the bottom gear and looking for more!

Have improved a bit since then though.
At what point does the pain in the nether regions stop?

CheeseyJoe

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

4 miles...but in my defense..it was 4 miles straight uphill from my front door lol...a bloody long climb :oops:
Caz :lol;: xxxxxxx

Ah I see, well done.

STEFANOS4784

"At what point does the pain in the nether regions stop?"
At the same point you get some good shorts 8)

Bengdogg

As a mtb'er who has just taken the plunge i sympathise it is really hard work but this is where the fitness gains are at im sure

sparrowlegs78

I bought a double coz it was a bargain price :lol..£90 fully serviced and ready to go....i'll just have to grow bigger legs...and change the name to Hefelumplegs
Caz xxxx

sparrowlegs78

Wimped out today and took out the MTB....it was easier having the lower gears, but it felt wrong riding that on the road :oops: ..sooo much slower
Caz xx

FSR_XC

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

4 miles...but in my defense..it was 4 miles straight uphill from my front door lol...a bloody long climb :oops:
Caz :lol;: xxxxxxx

How do'ya get back?
:?

sparrowlegs78

I didn't count the 4 miles back..as it was downhill and cheating
Caz xxx