HELP! DYING on my road bike

[smittykitty]

Just 5 months! Its been 5+ years and I'm not there! Checked the tires and brakes too!

[redrhodie]

Glad you figured that out! I was talking to one of the guys in my club, a very seasoned rider, who had the same thing happen recently. He thought it was from not riding enough road this winter.

I always assume it's the bike, but it's usually me these days.

[MGM]

Oh ladies. I feel like such a total idiot. For 2 days straight I was riding with a misaligned front wheel. No wonder it was complete and utter torture.

I really couldn't hear anything rubbing or that sounded off - it was just all of a sudden exponentially more difficult to ride! With my hybrid that happened once and there was a weird sound so I immediately knew that something was up.

I should trust that if anything feels that horribly off, it is probably not me - it's the bike! Instead I was thinking I was suddenly way out of shape (Not that there isn't room for improvement!)

I seriously need to get with my bike mechanics knowledge.

This is how we learn, through experience. So another valuable life lesson learned, lol. Isn't it great to find out it's not you?