When I was a kid, it was easy... but I am not the same size and my bike is not the same.

Then I was about 8-9 stone at my heaviest as a teenager, and I rode a chunky Raleigh 20 pre-teen, and for my 13th birthday got a "ten-speed" though what make I have no idea... but it wasn't much lighter than my Raleigh.

Now I am just under 100kgs, my road bike weighs very little, my seat is as high as possible and my handle bars are not only a different shape but also much lower. My whole being is different on this bike, my centre of gravity is higher.

I just don't go there with taking both hands off the bike, although I am comfortable taking one off to drink, eat, shift my sunnies or stretch my back.