I remember how awkward I felt on Pinky when I first got her. I had been riding on the back of a tandem for a while when I got her. First I rode my husband's bike to "try out" what it would be like. It's amazing how the handlebars actually MOVED! I was so used to the tandem handlebars that were mounted and secure. They did NOTHING to steer the bike whatsoever! Anyway, when I got on my husband's very light road bike with handlebars that actually moved and I had to control, I felt so wobbly and weird! That same bike actually became my bike on a different frame. All his components were put onto a new Cannondale CAAD9 frame, with a pink saddle and some pink handlebar tape, of course ... and I was off and riding my very own road bike.

Definitely took some getting used to. In high school I had a ten speed road bike. Much heavier and, therefore, easy to ride with no hands. I've been riding Pinky for a couple of years now and STILL don't feel comfortable riding with no hands. She's so light, it just doesn't work! But I'm comfortable with her in every other way and pretty quickly became so.

You'll get used to her. Just ease into it.