Don't worry about feeling "wobbly". Everything I did when I started riding a road bike felt unnatural. I swore to my DH that I would never learn to shift, to clip in and out, or to shift the gears. Drinking water was the LEAST of my worries!!! LOL. Then I started riding more, practicing on a bike path in the daytime, or early in the AM on weekends when not alot of people were around. Little by little, I learned to do the things I NEVER thought I would learn, getting the water bottle out, for one! It will become natural for you, just like learning to clip out. If you were learning a new sport, you would have to practice. It all takes time.

Wahoo, now I can get the bottle out without looking! ....but I have dropped it a few times!!!! Don't give up. Practice on every ride even if you feel funny about doing it. You will one day realize that you did not even look down, and the ah ha moment will be there..."oh, I DID learn how to do it!"

Good luck and keep practicing. Even Lance had to learn this important move!!

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