Very first trail ride...

[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

[jessmarimba]

You're going to have a blast at the clinic!

Now you've got me all freaked, I've always used shimano and can't even fathom using anything else. It took long enough to remember what way those go, and I even had indicators on my last bike!