Complete Road Bike Newbie...

[aicabsolut]

I'm interested to see how those 105 shifters got setup with a gear indicator....one came with my Dura Ace shifters but definitely not with my 105 ones (the indicator usually comes with new shifters, not with new cables). It's definitely not a necessary tool, but it is nice to have .

[marni]

I used to ride a commuter bike while living in Europe for errands and getting about town. When we came back to the states, I bought a road bike and was trying it out in the parking lot at the LBS. I went to try out the brakes individually and went to hit what I thought was the rear brake and ended up flying over the handle bars. It turns out that in Europe the front and rear brake are reversed. It took a bit of getting used to but five years later, I now know right is the rear brake, at least here in Texas. Fortunately the gear shifting is the same.

All on the learning curve of discovering the joys of using a new road bike.

hippie bike chick, sugar land, texas