by Tpark
Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:41 pm
I used to race on the MTB in Cleveland then moved to York. Dull flat place for MTB's generally (York that is). Anyways I needed a new bike and chickened out of a road bike for the fear of falling off or getting too many flats.
As my travels took me off rough tracks and more onto roads I've become immune to traffic etc... that I once hated.
I'm now riding an MTB, with front sus but on Schwalbe marathons. From this point I have three questions...
1.) I always get a splitting headache on my bike, maybe because I push hard but I doubt it. Could it be the set up I'm riding? Would a road bike be easier? I'm afraid of the narrow bars and big wheels feeling unstable having grown up on MTB's.
2.) Can anyone advise how MTB speed on a road transfers to a road bike? I don't want to waste money if I'll be back of the pack even if I dare officially become a roadie? I currently do about 50mls regularly at 15mph, MTB with front sus, and my legs are usually on fire!
3.) Final point, often even with front sus my arms hurt, is it just a set up thing that a road bike would solve? My longest ride on the MTB is 160mls but I could hardly move my wrists by the end of the ride, even over 100mls I get the same?
PS- If I get a triple ring road bike will I get laughed at?
Any help would be really really appreciated.
As my travels took me off rough tracks and more onto roads I've become immune to traffic etc... that I once hated.
I'm now riding an MTB, with front sus but on Schwalbe marathons. From this point I have three questions...
1.) I always get a splitting headache on my bike, maybe because I push hard but I doubt it. Could it be the set up I'm riding? Would a road bike be easier? I'm afraid of the narrow bars and big wheels feeling unstable having grown up on MTB's.
2.) Can anyone advise how MTB speed on a road transfers to a road bike? I don't want to waste money if I'll be back of the pack even if I dare officially become a roadie? I currently do about 50mls regularly at 15mph, MTB with front sus, and my legs are usually on fire!
3.) Final point, often even with front sus my arms hurt, is it just a set up thing that a road bike would solve? My longest ride on the MTB is 160mls but I could hardly move my wrists by the end of the ride, even over 100mls I get the same?
PS- If I get a triple ring road bike will I get laughed at?
Any help would be really really appreciated.