First Ever Road Bike Ride!

blue07794

Hi there i bought a Trek 1.2 road bike today and took it for a spin. I only went on a 3 mile return ride but how fantastic an experience!!! Wow!

I have only ever rode mountain bikes before and this just blew me away, the only thing i found a surprise was how hard the ride was and how i felt every bump and pebble ha ha.
this was compensated by the ease of gear changing and speed.

After arriving back home and having a cup of tea i was eager to go again and this time did a 5 mile round ride and i feel fresh as a daisy.
I just cant wait for tomorrow to get out again.
Did anyone else have a similar experience or is it me getting over excited because i have waited for so long to get my first road bike

speeder1987

Glad you enjoyed it, I've just started riding and yes I was the same, loved it and go out nearly everyday.

Best piece of advice I can give though, get yourself some decent bib shorts and clipless shoes, it makes one hell of a difference

Enjoy

blue07794

Already got the padded shorts but the shoes and pedals are next on the agenda

jimmys85

Ah, a fellow Chesterfield'r!

I'm just getting started again on an old steel bike, might see you around (i'll be the fatty gasping for breath).

andy46

Welcome to the club

I was out this morning at 7am and did around 26 miles, I love getting out early and missing the traffic!

blue07794

nice one Andy this is also something i need to think about as i build my miles up is the potential routes on offer and a couple of spare inner tubes

ba68

Glad to hear you are enjoying the bike, how did you get on with the shifters?

BA

blue07794

to be honest they were fine as i mainly rode on the hoods and top of the drops rather than the bottom, so i recon at this stage they will be ok, only time will tell

Arghyrou

7 o'clock! early? Im up at 4ish round Richmond Park, now that is some good riding.

andy46

Arghyrou wrote:

7 o'clock! early? Im up at 4ish round Richmond Park, now that is some good riding.

Well I get up at 4:30am everyday for work so I have a lie in at the weekend

Arghyrou

Fair enough, see you on the way to work

optimisticbiker

it gets even better when you have some standard routes mapped out and you try them every so often... today I did my 26mile tour of Harrow, which I try at least every 6 weeks or so, a fairly rolling route with a couple of nasty climbs... today I smashed 13min of my previous best with a lower average heart rate... a sure sign of increasing fitness

coombsfh

The first ride is mega...

However, beware - it will get better and faster and more addictive and you will start getting up early just to do more whizzing about and before you know it you will start to question why you have a car in this weather and all sorts.

Prepare to fall head over heels; that's what I am shamelessly doing at the moment and I highly recommend it to anyone...

CakeLovinBeast

coombsfh wrote:

The first ride is mega...

However, beware - it will get better and faster and more addictive and you will start getting up early just to do more whizzing about and before you know it you will start to question why you have a car in this weather and all sorts.

Prepare to fall head over heels; that's what I am shamelessly doing at the moment and I highly recommend it to anyone...

Quoted for truth!

I got my first ever road bike a couple of weeks ago... Since then I'm out whenever I possibly can. I've started riding part of my commute - I ride to the station, train to town, then ride into work... The poor old car just doesn't get a look in any more. I spend all of my spare time planning the next ride!