Very first trail ride...

[indysteel]

Catrin, I'm so glad you had fun. I feel for you on the shifter issue. My road, touring and mountain bikes each have different shifters, too. It's confusing!

[emily_in_nc]

Sounds like fun! I also understand re. shifters! At one point, I had STI, Campy, mtb trigger shifters as well; then sold the bike with STI and bought one with barcons, so still had 3 types of shifters!

I now only have the bike with barcons (and a single speed beach cruiser). Much easier on my brain!

[OakLeaf]

Glad you had fun!

I'd love to see how Campy brifters would feel on my smaller hands, but I just don't. want. to try to learn to switch.

I'm fine with grip shifters on the hybrid and brifters on the roadie. But when I first got the new road bike, it took me at least 1,000 miles before I stopped reaching to the down tube, where my head kept telling me the shifters live on a road bike.

[Crankin]

I never had any trouble adjusting to my brifters from the trigger shifters on my mtb when I got my first road bike. Kind of unusual for me . I now have one of each. Once in awhile I find I shift the wrong way on the cogs on my Jamis (triggers), but I think it's more a function of the fact that I just don't ride that bike very often.
I looked at some touring bikes a couple of months ago and I have determined I could not do the barcons... you have to let go of the bar and I still am not so great with that. I feel like it would be added stress. I am happy with my combo of short reach Ultegra brifters and my short/shallow bar. A friend just got the SRAM brifters and she said it's easy, but she was coming from triggers and not having to unlearn Shimano. I'm with Oak. I would like to try different things, but I think it would be too much for my brain because they are different, but similar.

[Aggie_Ama]

Glad you had a fun ride! Even better no dog gnawing on you.

I find I can go between my road and mountain bike effortlessly with shifting but I cannot go between SRAM and Shimano without being confused! So you are not alone, I didn't want Shimano shifters on a mountain bike because I had really learned to ride with SRAM (although my first bike had Shimano) and I didn't want to be confused.

[Catrin]

Glad you had a fun ride! Even better no dog gnawing on you.

I find I can go between my road and mountain bike effortlessly with shifting but I cannot go between SRAM and Shimano without being confused! So you are not alone, I didn't want Shimano shifters on a mountain bike because I had really learned to ride with SRAM (although my first bike had Shimano) and I didn't want to be confused.

Thank you for confirming that they are indeed reversed, I was starting to wonder if it was just ME!

Of course, my poor neglected LHT isn't getting to go for a ride very often, so once I've adjusted to the Jamis then it will be a problem when I ride the LHT...

I agree the best part was not getting gnawed on by a dog - but aside from that the very best part was being in the woods. I could ride a track like that for a long distance and really enjoy myself! There wasn't anything "technical" about it, outside of having to hop off the bike a few times to lift it over, or under, fallen trees/massive limbs, but it was great! A few hills, but not what I expected in that area. I need bug spray...

The beginner groomed mountain bike trail I hiked afterwards has a middle section that looked more intermediate to me. It had a couple of hair-pin turns and a couple of rock crossings over a stream that told me I need to get a better feel for my disc brakes before I try it. They will help me with that at the Clinic though

[bellissima]

Haaa... You make remember when I first started riding MTB although a bit intimidating, it was just so much fun, especially every time I made it over that seemingly unsurpassable obstacle or climb. Keep it up