Trek 1.9 First road bike

nikgibson_1

hello everyone,
Just to let you know i picked up my first road bike on saturday (as per title) a Trek 1.9 with Look Keo sprint pedals and Shimano RO85 shoes. Feeling abit nervous as ive never used clipless pedals before.
Anyway im just about to go on a proper ride to test it out and i'll let you know how i get on.

Nik

Anonymous

Good for you, practice those pedal in and outs though and anticipate junctions, stops etc.

haggisinlondon

I got the 1.7 with the same pedals, enjoy the ride its good. I made sure for the first few rides I had the pedals clipped out as I approached junctions or traffic lights.

Jayoxf

Join the club mate. Got my first road bike last Thursday and on Saturday clipped into my pedals for the first time. Ten feet later I was on my side with £1400 worth of bike on top of me and a graze up my right arm - I hadn't even got off my driveway!
After that though it was all plain sailing and the difference clipless pedals made to my ride was incredible - the best bike ride I've ever had, and thats from an experienced commuter cyclist. Good luck and enjoy it - hope the ride goes well.

pjh

Hehe - nice one.

Prepare to fall off ... we all do ... commonly called a 'clipless' moment where you come to a stop forgetting you're clipped in and then ..... woaahh ..... sh*t ...... over you go

I swore it wouldn't happen to me and it didn't for about 3 months and then one day I pulled up to the local post office thinking about what I needed to buy ..... promptly fell off sideways right in the doorway.

Frightened the old lady to death coming out of the door :oops:

Now where is that hole for me to crawl into !

(Actually it's happened twice come to think of it! Fell off my rollers in the garage, landed on the wifes bike and buckled the back wheel ... luckily she doesn't ride it !)

Mothyman

how'd the first ride go?
its a lovely bike...my friend has one...he's quick on it yet comfy over distance

have fun

nikgibson_1

The ride was FANTASTIC, but let me give you some background first.........
my brother, sister and me all ride on a sunday and been doing this for the last 7 or 8 weeks, starting at 5miles and building up every week to the point where last week we jumped from 14 miles up to 20miles but i started to struggle at about 16miles but anyway made it to the end in a dismal 2 hrs .
Now to the ride today, WHAT A BREEZE!!!!!!!! could not believe how easy it was! again done 19.5miles in 1hr 40mins and i recon i could have done another 10miles easy.
Clipless pedals were good as long as i concentrated on remembering to unclip as i approached lights or junctions which really worked UNTIL i got right outside my house.
I unclipped my left feet but at the same time was trying to stop my match and then fell to the right :oops: but atleast im now a member of the club .
nik