how do YOU ride road?

[mikee]

no i'm not on the drops much , unless braking down a big hill
just cant find a comfy place to put my hands
on the hoods is okay for 5 mins or so and on the top is okay for 5 mins or so , but after 20 mins or so neither are comfy
bars and wheel spindle thing is fine and the reach is okay
just hand position needs addressed
dont like not having the controls to hand either
will persevere and see :roll:

 

[jamabikes]

go flat bar. sell the sti's and buy sd7's and normal shifters. oh and loads of beer with the change.

 

[kaiser]

Mikee keep it as a road bike, your not really using it for its intended purpose.

 

[kaiser]

this is road riding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxXqQqAc2pA

 

[mikee]

yeah but he's on drugs

 

[kaiser]

Agree! Its even better on drugs

 

[reanimation]

Intersting thread. I'm only really a commuter (and MTBer), and over the years I now realise how wrong I've done it! Confirmed by reading here!

Small retro MTB, bad fitting rigid Alu courier hybrid, crunching a hurtfully difficult SS gear, and finally onto a proper sized CX geo frame bike, its great. still cheating with flat bars but nice mini bar ends help

So yeah all that and that before I begin on the MTBing! all part of the education.

I thought I'd need gears now theres hills and 5 miles to do both ways but the 42-17 seems fairly good.

Next machine is a tough fixie beating MTB SS for fun commutes, and then I'll build my Peugeot Premiere ---OMG - with gears,,, and drop bars! and see how I fare with this evolution, then consider some kind of roadie ride with me roadie mate and see... all the mistakes I've made and learnt from should make up for his roadie miles

 

[Tazio]

this is road riding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxXqQqAc2pA

No, this is road riding!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tFpNsZX ... re=related

 

[KeepItSteel]

(sorry to hijack)

You guys may be able to help out with my fitting, I ride a carbon road jobbie and with my long torso/short leg combo I ride a smaller frame and tend to go slightly longer on the stem (110mm in this case).
The frame has compact geometry and comes in something like 54cm/56cm.
I ride mostly on the hoods and the bike feels great to blast uphill and in general I find it a comfy ride, however, my lower back has started to ache after 10/15 miles and the problem is getting worse.
My stem is set fairly low, saddle slightly forward but im suspecting the seatpost may have too much layback as im finding myself perched on the tip of the saddle and keep having to slide back during the ride.

Conversly, I have another road bike (Kona steel frame) with very similar geometry but dont tend to get as bad back issues when riding it (120mm stem on this one). I think perhaps theres a moral there somewhere?..

May I just add that flying around on a roadie at 20mph+ and keeping most of your momentum uphill is where its at. Especially when the sun is shining.
I love my MTB when it wet and muddy.

 

[MikeD]

I reckon your first step would be to exactly replicate the riding position of the Kona on the carbon bike. It could be something as simple as 10mm longer cockpit or the bars slightly lower.