road bike

damienc1 said:

Hi everyone,

This looks like a troll, but anyway ... benefit of the doubt and all
that ...

Quoted message said:

I am a novice to cycling to put it mildly. I have just bought a road
bike. It is a racing car on two wheels.The problem I have is with the
gears. It has the Shimano group set with the shifters on the brakes
plus two paddles.

These are the questions I have: What gear should I be in when riding on
the flat ?

It depends. Generally, a gear that allows you to spin (turn the
pedals) comfortably at around 90rpm. This is your "cadence". It may
be worthwhile going back to your bike shop (LBS) and getting a computer
with a cadence sensor so that you can have a machine tell you what to
do 🙂 Avoid the classic beginners' mistake of pushing a big (hard)
gear at low cadence. It won't get you fit or fast, it just wears you
out faster.

Quoted message said:

What gear when riding up a hill ?

See above. It depends.

Quoted message said:

How does the left side
which deals with the smaller cogs differ from the right which appears
to deal with the cranks ?

Not much. It just has less clicks in it as it only has to pull its
cable through 2 or 3 (depending on if it's a double or a triple front
crankset) increments.

Quoted message said:

Any help would be greatly appreciated because I want to get maximum
enjoyment from my rocket ship.

ride it!

What do you mean by this " looks like a troll " or are you just trying
to be a smartarse ?

Still looks like a troll, but...
Nah, it's just a very basic question, so he's had trouble being
absolutely sure you're serious. He's assuring the rest of us, who are
probably thinking the same thing, that he hasn't been sucked in, but is
giving you the benefit of the doubt. I think you got a very helpful
answer, much more so than someone who was trying to be a smartarse
would give.

blah said:

Still looks like a troll, but...
Nah, it's just a very basic question, so he's had trouble being
absolutely sure you're serious. He's assuring the rest of us, who are
probably thinking the same thing, that he hasn't been sucked in, but is
giving you the benefit of the doubt. I think you got a very helpful
answer, much more so than someone who was trying to be a smartarse
would give.

thankyou 🙂

You being a smartarse..?

blah said:

You being a smartarse..?

I can fart morse, but no 🙂

🙂

damienc1 said:

Hi everyone,

I am a novice to cycling to put it mildly.

We all start somewhere, hope you learn to love cycling as much as most of us do.

Quoted post said:

I have just bought a road
bike. It is a racing car on two wheels.The problem I have is with the
gears. It has the Shimano group set with the shifters on the brakes
plus two paddles.

Trust me, this is a much better set up than we used to have. Gears used to be shifted by levers on the down tube (that's the bit that runs from the handlebars down to the pedals.) Having all the controls at your finger tips is a real boon.

Quoted post said:

These are the questions I have: What gear should I be in when riding on
the flat ? What gear when riding up a hill ?

Everyone's different so it's impossible to say. Your legs are probably not toi the same standard as an experienced cyclist so what's good for an experienced cyclist is probably not good for you. In the absence of a cycle computer I'd reccomend cycling in a gear one below what feels right. Most novices push too hard a gear because that feels right, fact is 99 times out of a hundred the gears too high.

Quoted post said:

How does the left side
which deals with the smaller cogs differ from the right which appears
to deal with the cranks ?

Funny, on my bike the left side deals with the cranks and the right deals with the cogs. You should find all you need to know about gears etc at this URL: http://sheldonbrown.com/gearing/index.html

Quoted post said:

Any help would be greatly appreciated because I want to get maximum
enjoyment from my rocket ship.

If I were you I'd get some coaching, that'll teach you proper pedalling technique and other basics. I'm a commuting cyclist, not a roadie and I found coaching invaluable. Couple of pointers (okay, considerably more than a couple) and all of a sudden my cycling became much more efficient and enjoyable.

blah said:

You being a smartarse..?

Oh fsck, I thought I was in aus.culture there for a minute ;-)

Tam

Tamyka Bell said:

blah said:

You being a smartarse..?

Oh fsck, I thought I was in aus.culture there for a minute ;-)

Isn't that a contradiction in terms? Australia? Culture? The only bloody
culture around here is found in yoghurt ...

;-)

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Stuart Lamble said:

Tamyka Bell said:

blah said:

You being a smartarse..?

Oh fsck, I thought I was in aus.culture there for a minute ;-)

Isn't that a contradiction in terms? Australia? Culture? The only bloody
culture around here is found in yoghurt ...

;-)

And even that has to be added post-production...

Tam

On 2006-02-16, Stuart Lamble (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Tamyka Bell said:

blah said:

You being a smartarse..?

Oh fsck, I thought I was in aus.culture there for a minute ;-)

Isn't that a contradiction in terms? Australia? Culture? The only bloody
culture around here is found in yoghurt ...

I could say something about my fridge, but it is no longer true since
the housemate left.

--
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Stuart Lamble said:

The only bloody culture around here is found in

Must.... resist.....

Theo

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Quoted message said:

blah said:

You being a smartarse..?

I can fart morse, but no 🙂

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Gags said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

You being a smartarse..?

I can fart morse, but no 🙂

dah dah dit, dit dit dah dit

oh jesus.. :eek: breathe.. :eek: air! must :eek: find fresh.. :eek:

TimC said:

On 2006-02-16, Stuart Lamble (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Isn't that a contradiction in terms? Australia? Culture? The only bloody
culture around here is found in yoghurt ...

I could say something about my fridge, but it is no longer true since
the housemate left.

Oh that's right - TimC is a young one.

blah said:

Still looks like a troll, but...

Sure looks like one from this distance. *shrug*
World's full of [censored], when they think they can get away with it,
eh? ...
Is anyone going to bite on the fluid trainer question from "fred"?

Bleve said:

Is anyone going to bite on the fluid trainer question from "fred"?

I was going to.. but I cbf working through the mumble to work out what he is trying to say/ask..

On 2006-02-20, Bleve (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

blah said:

Still looks like a troll, but...

Sure looks like one from this distance. *shrug*
World's full of [censored], when they think they can get away with it,
eh? ...
Is anyone going to bite on the fluid trainer question from "fred"?

That one doesn't seem to have made it past my killfile...

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