dgrenthum

I order a 2010 hardrock disc a couple weeks ago and then found this site. Finally was able ot bike the bike up today and am really happy with the way it looks. The catalog said it was a gloss black but it looks more like a satin like the 09 which i am happy about. pic attached.

I am a clyde or shire however you want to look at it (6'3 310#) I hadnt ridden a pedal bike since i was 16 till today and recently sold my suzuki gsxr 750. Compared to that bike the hardrock feels twitchy. I suppose i will get used to it. Purchased the bike in the effort to lose some weight and my goal is 260#. I am still at my college football weigth but instead of being 18% body fat i am closer to 28%.

In any case i am going to be rinding on mostly mup's and roads. I got the hardrock because a friend that i will ride with most frequently has a mountian bike and wanted me to be able to go where he goes. However since i will be riding on mostly paved surfaces and have a goal of dong a metric century I want to start to piece together a road bike. Piece together because my wife woudl kill me if another bike just happened to appear in the garage, but pieces here and there i dont think would tingle her b1tc#-O-meter.

I havent read anything bad about the Nashbar aluc frame and for under 150 i was going to pick one up. Question is where do people get inexpensive components at? Most importantly is there a site that shows how to build a bike from the ground up particularly when it comes to installing cranks, hubs and the like?

thanks

Hexenmeister

You know, a much cheaper option would be to just get some road slicks for your hardrock and ride that on the road, assuming you like the way it feels.

Tom Stormcrowe

You can buy groups, etc, from Nashbar.

How To Sites:

https://www.parktool.com/repair/
https://www.mikebentley.com/bike/maint.htm
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/tooltips/index.html
https://bikeforums.net/forumdisplay.php?f=10

c_m_shooter

For the price of that Nashbar frame, you could pick up an older road bike and fix it up.

billydonn

Clearly a bad case of N+1 fever here! My normal bike is a road bike but while on a recent trip I rented a bike similar to your new one and was actually pretty impressed with it. It had road slicks and bar ends for more hand positions and was pretty fast and very "fun to drive". For this reason, and because you haven't ridden much yet, I am voting for the adapt and wait option... though I hardly ever wait for anything myself.

Good luck!

takingcontrol

As for your other question. this is a great site https://bicycletutor.com/

surfrider

Do what's mentioned above and get some road-style tires for your new bike, then ride it for a few months to see how to works for you, and maybe use some weight before diving into a road bike (maybe the SO will let you spend the $$$ on a roadie as a reward! ).

BTW: Is that a 1970(?)-era Lincoln Continental its leaning against? Fix that thing up - there's a good market for those older, big Lincolns, especially the ones with the 'suicide' doors. I sold one I had to a guy who left a note on my windshield; got more than I ever thought I would.

dgrenthum

thanks guys, i'll look for an older road bike but the ones i have seen lately have not been of the appropriate size. I will give it a couple weeks and if i dont find something i will get the nashbar frame. Thanks for the links, they will help tremendously during the build.

surfrider that is a 68' lincoln continental. It is in decent shape and has suicide doors. I have been thinking about selling it as it only get 8mpg and i dont drive it very often. I included another pic. I shoudl be able to get 7-8 grand for it.

exile

Welcome dgrenthum

Someone posted once that the first bike is usually the learning bike. It teaches you about yourself and the type of riding you'll most likely do. I would suggest just to get out and get some riding in before deciding on what to purchase next. If you find that you ride your Hard Rock (nice looking bike by the way ) mainly on the road then perhaps a roadbike would be better. Especially if you find yourself (potentially) spending a lot of $$$ to turn your Hard Rock into a street machine. See how you like riding first before making plans is my suggestion. Plus it gives you a chance to warm up the wife for future purchases if she sees you are into it.

As for bicycle websites I like Nashbar, Jensonusa, ChainReactionCycling, and Pricepoint. I also don't discount Amazon. As for mechanical stuff the ones mentioned by Tom Stormcrowe and Takingcontrol are all good ones.

Either way, enjoy your new bike.

JoelS

With that frame, along with a sturdy fork and some Shimano 105 components, and a good set of wheels (I like Open Pro rims, Ultegra hubs). You can do pretty well for not a whole lot of money.

TrekJapan

If you're road riding mostly make sure and either lock out the front suspension or service it so it's really stiff and get some thinner tires more suited to the road.

John