I've been on my road bike for a couple months now. They happily sent my 54 year old self home with clipless peddles from the store. Yikes!
I am someone who likes to make my mistakes alone. So I did the whole thing--getting used to the new position, changed center of gravity, clipless peddles, squirrelly feeling with the lighter bike all at once. I took rides on low traffic areas. I fell. It wasn't pretty.
I'm still here.
Maybe what you don't know...is a good thing.
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Thread: Wobbly on my new roadbike
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06-09-2011, 12:41 PM #1
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06-09-2011, 12:55 PM #2
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+100 on getting the clipless pedals replaced with platforms for now. Can you learn with them? Certainly, but they do complicate things. Your body has a lot to learn right now and that just adds complication. You've got a new riding position to get used to, along with the new shifters and brakes.
Congratulations on the new bike!
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