With bike shoes and clip-in pedals you can use all the muscles in your legs to operate your pedals. It is much more efficient and gives you a more complete workout of your legs. Bike shorts are great, definately get some shorts. If you are riding mostly roads, I would recomend trying out some drop bars, they make a huge difference in any sort of wind.
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First I am not suggesting anyone drop 3grand plus on a bike, when I told my then fiance what I spent I thought her head was going to explode. FYI I also ride in mtn bike comps and typical destroy 2-3 derailleurs a year at a cost of just over 200 a piece. They get hit on rocks and other objects and ripped of the bike. never happy when that happens.
Ok now that that's out of the way; let me start with the advantage of the Clipless peddles is that you can pull up on the peddles allowing you to put more power to road while seated, and they are easier to get out of than toe cages. once you switch and get used to it you almost can't go back and wonder how you ever lived without.
Just like guns you have a relationship with your bike shop. My first bike was a giant and it was around 500 and a great bike but as my riding increased I was surpassing the capabilities of the bike. so I upgraded last year and converted the giant to my grocery getter.
Also I am a HUGE fan of bikes with 29 inch wheels they ride much smoother than 26 inch wheels and you increase your speed do the the advantage of a larger tire.
In Conclusion get what you want not what some guy with a tactical gopher avatar tells you, you need. It's your bike get what you like, just ride the thing.
Ok now that that's out of the way; let me start with the advantage of the Clipless peddles is that you can pull up on the peddles allowing you to put more power to road while seated, and they are easier to get out of than toe cages. once you switch and get used to it you almost can't go back and wonder how you ever lived without.
Just like guns you have a relationship with your bike shop. My first bike was a giant and it was around 500 and a great bike but as my riding increased I was surpassing the capabilities of the bike. so I upgraded last year and converted the giant to my grocery getter.
Also I am a HUGE fan of bikes with 29 inch wheels they ride much smoother than 26 inch wheels and you increase your speed do the the advantage of a larger tire.
In Conclusion get what you want not what some guy with a tactical gopher avatar tells you, you need. It's your bike get what you like, just ride the thing.
I honestly didn't think you were. I just clicked the link and almost crapped myself. It's all good
I'll probably give it a try after I've gotten used to the new bike and put some money back in the bank. My uncle is telling me the same thing, I just find it difficult to imagine.
Yeah, that's where I am with the SWMS. So I'm at a "cresting" point, just on a lower hill.
This is valuable input.
This is what I'm most excited about. I cruised the shops last Saturday with the idea that I was "deciding" whether or not I needed a new bike. My very first test ride (on the Giant) was frickin' MAGICAL. It's like the first time you shoot a quality gun, or use a Mac (*duck*).
Also I am a HUGE fan of bikes with 29 inch wheels they ride much smoother than 26 inch wheels and you increase your speed do the the advantage of a larger tire.
Not true as far as a speed advantage. Speed is solely a function of gearing, mechanical and wind resistance. My Bike Friday has 20 inch tires and I have no trouble keeping up with any road bike. If wheel size were a function of speed then why not bigger than 29 inch?
shibumiseeker
Grandmaster
This is what I'm most excited about. I cruised the shops last Saturday with the idea that I was "deciding" whether or not I needed a new bike. My very first test ride (on the Giant) was frickin' MAGICAL. It's like the first time you shoot a quality gun, or use a Mac (*duck*).
Not only that, but if they do break down and you can't fix them, carrying them home is easy because they are so light! The only time I had a failure leaving me stranded was a chain break though, and since then I have added a chain tool to my mini took kit. Luckily it was on the last hill before home so I pushed it up and coasted down.
I am starting to contemplate clipless pedals, but I'm not sure I need the front of my thighs to be bigger too
^^^^this^^^^ Mostly and you are both right.
But, it is not the gear ratio, wheel size, or rolling resistance of the tires that make the bike fast or slow its the motor that peddles them.
*Edit: also when riding on the street i worry more about my pedaling cadence than I do my speed. I try to spin at a consistant 90rpm with occasional sprints. you are buying a bike with gears use them all.*
Oddly enough I only use 3 of my Mongoose's 21 gears, which of those 3 gears that I select is dependent on terrain's incline.
Basically L1-R5, L2-R5, L3-R5, (5th gear for steep hill climbing, 12th for general, 19th for flat ground).
But then again I am not to concerned with speed so much as I am concerned with staying on the trail (or not being hit by traffic if on a street/road LOL).
MACHINEGUN
Shooter
My MTB after an early morning ride...
Looks nice and has the suspension lockout which I like while riding on pavement.
Indy_Guy_77
Grandmaster
- Apr 30, 2008
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Good purchase, Fletch. That looks like a great "all-round" bike.
I'll still suggest that you invest in some cycling shorts. They make baggy cargo-style shorts that have the chamois in them. Or you can buy a pair of the lycra ones and wear them under other shorts. If you do get some cycling shorts, you don't wanna wear undies with them. You need them next to your skin so no chafing occurs.
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I'll still suggest that you invest in some cycling shorts. They make baggy cargo-style shorts that have the chamois in them. Or you can buy a pair of the lycra ones and wear them under other shorts. If you do get some cycling shorts, you don't wanna wear undies with them. You need them next to your skin so no chafing occurs.
-J-
shibumiseeker
Grandmaster
Good deal man!
Did you notice that not only is the bike more efficient, it's more pleasurable to ride?
Did you notice that not only is the bike more efficient, it's more pleasurable to ride?
The wife and I are both waffling about the adult diap-- er, biking shorts. Not to say it won't happen, but we're working up to it. She got one of these:
Roam 1 -2011 (2010) - Bikes | Giant Bicycles | United States
But riding with her isn't exercise for me. My heart rate barely breaks triple digits.
What I noticed most is that this thing is FASTFASTFAST. Sometimes I swear it's pedaling itself. Let it go on a downhill, and I can hit warp speed. But yeah, it's a hoot to ride.
