BenBlundell
Regular
Hi there!
My name is Ben, and I come from Aldershot in North Hampshire. I'll be honest, I'm one of "them lot" who have been inspired from the Olympics. I knew my work were involved in the Cycle To Work Scheme, so I have a Giant Roam hybrid through the scheme which I got a week or so after the Olympic Road Race.
I am extremely happy with my Giant because of its practicality, however I have watched a lot of road racing recently (Tour of Britain, TdF, World Champs) and it still made me think that I wanted a road bike despite it being impractical for my ride to work. Something of a "day-off" bike if you will. So a friend offered me a Viking Ventura 16 for not very much, which I picked up from him today. It needed a new innertube so I sorted that, and took it out for a quick spin round the block.
I've rode flat barred bikes all my life, and was absolutely astounded how different and how much out of my comfort zone it felt! It even took me a while working out how to shift down gears! It's a strange way of cycling, but I'll get used to it I hope!
Just one thing...were my thumbs supposed to ache that much?!
My name is Ben, and I come from Aldershot in North Hampshire. I'll be honest, I'm one of "them lot" who have been inspired from the Olympics. I knew my work were involved in the Cycle To Work Scheme, so I have a Giant Roam hybrid through the scheme which I got a week or so after the Olympic Road Race.
I am extremely happy with my Giant because of its practicality, however I have watched a lot of road racing recently (Tour of Britain, TdF, World Champs) and it still made me think that I wanted a road bike despite it being impractical for my ride to work. Something of a "day-off" bike if you will. So a friend offered me a Viking Ventura 16 for not very much, which I picked up from him today. It needed a new innertube so I sorted that, and took it out for a quick spin round the block.
I've rode flat barred bikes all my life, and was absolutely astounded how different and how much out of my comfort zone it felt! It even took me a while working out how to shift down gears! It's a strange way of cycling, but I'll get used to it I hope!
Just one thing...were my thumbs supposed to ache that much?!