I commute 20 mile a day, Hove to Lewes, and have been doing it on a RIdgeback Tempest for the last 4+ years.
I've been deliberating as to what bike to treat myself to for absolutely ages. I've gone round and round in circles and thought I'd finally arrived at the decision to get a Specialised Sirrus. But... I think I actually want to go for a dropbar bike (maybe the secteur). I find myself using the bar ends 95% of the time, so feel that to have the option to drop down to the drops would be amazing (especially with the headwind that I always get on the way home!). I've also started to get arm ache from not being able to change position.
However, I am really worried that I won't get on with drops. Anyone who knows the Tempest will know it has oversized handle bars which I've got used to, and it's a pretty heavy duty sturdy mountain bike type bike - so worried about the transition. I am a confident cyclist most of the time, but not always in traffic, and I am also usually a bit of a coward when it comes to steep descents (on roads I don't know anyway), so worry too about how I'd perform on a drop bar bike.
Any advice? Or am thinking too much about it?!
I've been deliberating as to what bike to treat myself to for absolutely ages. I've gone round and round in circles and thought I'd finally arrived at the decision to get a Specialised Sirrus. But... I think I actually want to go for a dropbar bike (maybe the secteur). I find myself using the bar ends 95% of the time, so feel that to have the option to drop down to the drops would be amazing (especially with the headwind that I always get on the way home!). I've also started to get arm ache from not being able to change position.
However, I am really worried that I won't get on with drops. Anyone who knows the Tempest will know it has oversized handle bars which I've got used to, and it's a pretty heavy duty sturdy mountain bike type bike - so worried about the transition. I am a confident cyclist most of the time, but not always in traffic, and I am also usually a bit of a coward when it comes to steep descents (on roads I don't know anyway), so worry too about how I'd perform on a drop bar bike.
Any advice? Or am thinking too much about it?!