Went on my new bike today
And because this is me, within a ten mile bike ride I could already work out things that needed changing.
First thing I noticed was that I ran out of gears way to fast for a road bike, so I think a new cassette is in order, but I’m going to hold off on that for a while.
I also noticed that when I’m just pedaling along with my hands on the bar I’m comfortable, but then when I want to put my hands on the drops and get some decent speed I feel cramped up, which seems to cause a slight knot in my shoulders :( But this is something they told me to expect because I have long arms apparently, and they said if it’s a problem they will change the stem for me for free :)
I also noticed that the tires are to wide. I knew that when I bought it, the tires I’m going to put on it are probably 1/3 of the size
Finally I noticed that the breaks were not that responsive, I think this is partially because they haven’t been bedded in yet and partially because they’re cantileavers whch are shite. Again, I knew I needed to change them.
But, I’m only going to change the tires, might look at the breaks next month, depending on the affect of changing the tires, if they’re struggling to stop me now, when I put slicks on they’ll be even worse…
