stevebt

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After years of using a Kona Coiler mountain bike I have decided to buy a road bike. I have bought a cheap Scott s55 speedster, it feels really wired on the road bike and initially i nearly crashed into a wall in the first 2m .

Every bump is felt on the roads and changing gear is wired as you have to move your hands as the gear change is above where you naturally have your hands.

Going to take it for a proper ride tomorrow we’ll ish. and see if I can manage as so far I think if I was to take a tumble it would be on the road bike.

A friend is telling me off for not buying a Colnago but I checked the spec on a £3500 Colnago bike and it’s only 2kgs lighter so I think I would rather have the heavier wallet than the lighter bike

andy97

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Good starter bike. Are you planning on using it through winter or moth balling till spring?

pimmo2000

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Next step is to buy cycling shorts .. the trick is to buy three sizes too small for you so everyone can see the tiny bums on your arsehole

^Qwerty^

Or get a turbo, the winter roads will most likely destroy the group sets unless you clean it religiously after each ride. Enjoy anyway, I live with two cyclists and it's like their crack cocaine

Wull

Great starter bike for the road, makes perfect sense because if you don't like road cycling then you can move it on and you haven't lost that much.

I started off with a trek, then a Scott S40 and then things got serious.

Felt AR3 with Fulcrum xlr50 Carbon clinchers with aluminium laminate, SRAM red 20 later upgraded to SRAM 22.

That's now my TT bike after I converted it, sram r2c micro shifters, cinelli angel TT bars.

My road bike is an all singing and dancing Cannondale supersix Evo hi-mod.

I had it at 6.5kgs for a while running sram red 22 and dura ace 1380 wheels but it's now @ 6.8kgs with sram red eTap, Powertap P1 pedals and Reynolds assault slr tubular wheels. I love it.

I started cycling in February 2015 and took to it like a duck to water, I had cycled 18,000 miles by October 2016 but illness has hit and since then it's been a real struggle, I've put on 2st but I'm trying to get back to where I was.

stevebt

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I will see how I get on with the road bike. I cant loose out on the price as I only paid £100 and traded an old mountain bike as the person who had it before couldnt ride it there is a few tiny little niggles I need to sort before riding it but overal I'm happy

andy97

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I'm indoors now till spring, turbo 3-5 times a week. I've booked my trips into the Alps and Tenerife for next year Keep fit and healthy, build a base for next year. Will throw in the odd MTB social with mates and club

Wull

I've got a decent set up for indoors, Wahoo kickr 2 coupled with zwift is awesome, all my cycling through the winter will be indoors concentrating on power etc.

andy97

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Ditto, mine is V1 Kickr joined with Zwift,Trainer Road, BigRingVr and RoadGrandTours. So convenient to jump on the bike first thing, do an hour. Sets me up for rest the day.

^Qwerty^

We've got two bikes on turbo's and a Concept 2. Mad house.

JackClark

Indoors for Winter! You bunch of girls. Get some CX tyres and get mucky.

stevebt

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Mine will be indoors for for longer at this rate. I cant get the tyres blown up even with a presta hand pump so I have ordered some valve adpters

dpb

you might be able put bigger tyres on , for plusher ride


mind you - doubles your investment !

neil-h

Yeah you're really going to want a proper track pump for road tyres, will make life much easier. I bought one of these from Halfords a while back and it seems a nice bit of kit.

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bike...t-ii-bike-pump

dpb

You can get Crivett ( sp ) one in lidl for 7 quid

stevebt

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I will call into lidl tonight and see if they have any

dpb

Don't treat like its hewn out of granite mind - even if does come with year warranty

JackClark

Any excuse.

Wull

After doing 10,001 miles outside last year in all weathers including snow I think not....no ***** here, just a very sensible smart intelligent man

stevebt

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They didnt have any in so £25 at a local bike shop got a good one.

JackClark

Blimey! You can have bonus points for your car too.

14 years ago.

Wull

stevebt

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I had to google how to change gear. Changing down was easy as its liitle switches next to the gear lever but i didnt know it was pushing the gear lever inwards to change up.

neil-h

And of course it varies by manufacturer