new to cycling (well almost)

EASYbeingCHEESY · 09-09-2009 4:18pm #1

Ive been cycling in and out to work for the last year,passed no notice to it,just cycle it in and out and in the shed it whent,(its a mountian bike)Now i must say my knowledge of bikes is very limited i know were the sadlle is and you push the peddles to make the wheels go around

ive recently started taking a few longer spins around the place on the weekend and a couple nights during the week,when ive tried to crank it up and try and get some speed its seems fine to me,until ive noticed guys in tight lycra passing me out like no problem hardly pushing the peddles,
me legs turn to jelly fairly quickly at the sight of any sort of slope

never even knew thier were diffarent types of bikes

started looking around a bit at raod bikes

But could somboady tell me the theactuall diference between the 2

Raam · 09-09-2009 4:20pm

a road bike will typically be light, responsive and stiff. They are built for speed. Your MTB won't make as efficient use of your energy as a good road bike.

Lumen · 09-09-2009 4:22pm

Raam wrote: »

a road bike will typically be light, responsive and stiff. They are built for speed. Your MTB won't make as efficient use of your energy as a good road bike.

MTBs are built for speed too, just not on the road. :pac:

Raam · 09-09-2009 4:25pm

Lumen wrote: »

MTBs are built for speed too, just not on the road. :pac:

yeah, slow speed

EASYbeingCHEESY · 09-09-2009 4:48pm

I knew it wasnt me

petethedrummer · 09-09-2009 4:51pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bicycle_types

Caroline_ie · 09-09-2009 6:07pm

... sorry, I have had enough of this, it is driving me absolutely INSANE.

> it's 'PEDALS' [def]

Ok I feel slightly better now

baybike · 09-09-2009 6:29pm

:D:DCaroline, you've made me feel better too!! I bet when people use 'don't instead of 'doesn't' you can't help correcting them too...kindred spirit!

@op, if you are enjoying cycling and feel you'd like to take it to the next level, I would recommend a road bike(racer)...you'll never look back

Raam · 09-09-2009 7:15pm

Caroline_ie wrote: »

... sorry, I have had enough of this, it is driving me absolutely INSANE.
> it's 'PEDALS' [def]

Ok I feel slightly better now

You should of beginned you're sentence with a capitol letter.

dmaraic · 09-09-2009 9:15pm

he careful it sounds like you could be getting the bug!! a road bike is faster and easier to get speed out of, but you still have to push the pedals no matter how you spell them. you should make the investment everyone looks good in lycra!!

dmaraic · 09-09-2009 9:16pm

be careful it sounds like you could be getting the bug!! a road bike is faster and easier to get speed out of, but you still have to push the pedals no matter how you spell them. you should make the investment everyone looks good in lycra!!

kincsem · 09-09-2009 9:24pm

The road bikes (racers) probably have their tyres pumped to 120 psi using track pumps. Most bikes are pumped with a hand pump to about 35 psi. The hard pumped tyres roll more quickly for the same pedal effort.

Narrow tyres pumped like rocks beat wide knobbly tyres soft pumped.

EASYbeingCHEESY · 13-09-2009 10:26am

my knobblies are pumped pretty hard.
maybe im catching the cycling "bug"
still dont think ill ever see the day wear im waring all that ridiculous lycra

thier arnt many road bikes in my budget to be honest and it seems likeecond hand might be the best option
what kind of a bike would ya pick up for around 250,bearing in mind i only want to do some nice spins around the park and not want to turn into a RACER!

new to cycling (well almost)

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