KneesUp
Guru
I've done my first commute on my bitsa bike today - my first ride on drop bars for years. I used to ride drop bars all the time because that's what my bikes had, and never had a problem.
Today though my hands were really aching after 15 minutes - is it just a case of getting used to them again do you think, or will I just find that it's one of those things I could do at 20 and can't do now?
It strikes me the bars (scavenged from a late 70s Peugeot) are rather thin, in fact they have no tape at all on one side as I had to strip it to get them off the Peugeot. I think thicker tape will help - but any other advice of things to check would be much appreciated. I have the bottoms of the bars parallel to the floor and the tops of them are perhaps an inch or so lower than the saddle.
Thanks in advance.
Today though my hands were really aching after 15 minutes - is it just a case of getting used to them again do you think, or will I just find that it's one of those things I could do at 20 and can't do now?
It strikes me the bars (scavenged from a late 70s Peugeot) are rather thin, in fact they have no tape at all on one side as I had to strip it to get them off the Peugeot. I think thicker tape will help - but any other advice of things to check would be much appreciated. I have the bottoms of the bars parallel to the floor and the tops of them are perhaps an inch or so lower than the saddle.
Thanks in advance.