Quote Originally Posted by ace View Post
I'm awful at climbing, but as you'd expect, like a bat out of hell on downhills and I take full advantage of it. But all these other women were on road bikes, so now I get maybe it's just harder to get used to downhill speed on a road bike.
I'm glad you're finding some comfort in our writings.

I actually find it less scary to descend on a road bike than a hybrid. By going down in the drops (the curved part of the handlebars), I get a good grip at the brakes and it makes me very stable... plus, I can go faster that way. Cornering on a road bike is also easier/more controlled on the road bike for me. This being said, I don't have a very good hybrid right now. But I hate going down a significant hill on it.

Surely once you're used to the lesser weight of the road bike and to the new wheels, you'll take even more pleasure in descending!!