Devonshiredave
Active Member
- Location
- Brackley, Northants
I've just progressed (if that's the right expression) from a MTB to road bike as I want to commute to work and take up longer distance cycling. In the time I used the MTB, I never had a spill and the bike always felt totally in control.
I took the new road bike out last Saturday for the very first time and managed to crash within the first 5 miles having strayed off the tarmac. Ride #2 today, 14.6 miles, all great fun, but the bike feels as skitish as hell. I stood in the pedals to get up a hill and the side to side motion was really quite alarming. Then, looking over my right shoulder to pull out past a parked car saw me veer off right and on steering back left the bike swerved back so sharply I thought crash #2 was inevitable. How I pulled it back I don't know.
The bike is running 23c's which are much narrower than the MTB. Is the transition from MTB to road usually this much of a difference or am I being a complete noob. The bike feels a lot more lively/skitish and I have to admit, it is scaring me half to death at the moment
I can't remember my old Raleigh tourer being this much of a beast to handle.
I took the new road bike out last Saturday for the very first time and managed to crash within the first 5 miles having strayed off the tarmac. Ride #2 today, 14.6 miles, all great fun, but the bike feels as skitish as hell. I stood in the pedals to get up a hill and the side to side motion was really quite alarming. Then, looking over my right shoulder to pull out past a parked car saw me veer off right and on steering back left the bike swerved back so sharply I thought crash #2 was inevitable. How I pulled it back I don't know.
The bike is running 23c's which are much narrower than the MTB. Is the transition from MTB to road usually this much of a difference or am I being a complete noob. The bike feels a lot more lively/skitish and I have to admit, it is scaring me half to death at the moment
I can't remember my old Raleigh tourer being this much of a beast to handle.