The other day I was thinking about my first time on a road bike and thought this would be a good topic to bring back those memories, good and bad, about your first ride. Here's mine:
After riding a MTB for a number of years I finally decided to get a road bike in 1999. The main reason was where I lived at the time, eastern South Dakota, had two good trails to ride and both were an hour away.
Not knowing a thing about road bikes I found this site and a few weeks later bought a new Trek 2200. A month later (I had to order a 60 cm) and I was out on my first road ride.
It was an early spring day, a Saturday if I remember correctly, and as usual for eastern SD it was windy as hell. I started down a local highway and right from the start I couldn't believe how much faster a road bike was compared to my MTB, not too mention a ton lighter as well. I made the turnaround and experienced my first 20 mph tailwind. Nothing like floating along at 30 mph with minimal effort! I ended up riding around 30 miles that day, by far the longest I'd ever ridden a bike and it didn't even seem like it was all that hard. Since then I've completely switched over to the road and only do the occasional MTB ride/race.
So what was your first experience like?
After riding a MTB for a number of years I finally decided to get a road bike in 1999. The main reason was where I lived at the time, eastern South Dakota, had two good trails to ride and both were an hour away.
Not knowing a thing about road bikes I found this site and a few weeks later bought a new Trek 2200. A month later (I had to order a 60 cm) and I was out on my first road ride.
It was an early spring day, a Saturday if I remember correctly, and as usual for eastern SD it was windy as hell. I started down a local highway and right from the start I couldn't believe how much faster a road bike was compared to my MTB, not too mention a ton lighter as well. I made the turnaround and experienced my first 20 mph tailwind. Nothing like floating along at 30 mph with minimal effort! I ended up riding around 30 miles that day, by far the longest I'd ever ridden a bike and it didn't even seem like it was all that hard. Since then I've completely switched over to the road and only do the occasional MTB ride/race.
So what was your first experience like?