How to not look like a Newb even though you are...
 

1) For the love of God, raise your saddle. If your feet can touch the ground at the same time your butt can touch the saddle, you look ridiculous to the rest of us.

2) Lower your helmet to cover your forehead. Unless you recently had a naked lady tattoo inked on your forehead and are showing it off, you look ridiculous. Then again...

3) Blend with traffic. By blend, I mean keep up. Going 10 mph in a 25-30 mph zone is not good enough. The sidewalk is where you belong until you can hang better with traffic. I know this is a tough one to swallow, but it's for your own good (as well as the rest of us).

1) Don't ride on the sidewalk especially where illegal and in downtown areas.

Wrong.

#3 How many riders are going to be riding as fast as the traffic. Thats pretty elitist I think.

4) Ignore people who lecture you about stuff that's none of their business.

If you always keep up with traffic on a bicycle you must stay in WalMart parking lot. Just sayin.

I see we have a lot of insecure toodlers in here.

1. funny, I can put my foot on the ground without getting out of the saddle. Bikes can lean at an angle ya know, noobsauce. Maybe someday when you learn to ride you'll figure out how to do it without falling down and going boom. :lol:

2. What helmet?

3. Actual experienced riders ride at the speed that fits the conditions...not what some wannabe on an internet forum wants them to ride at.


Strike three, back to the dugout with ya, rookie!

No, just one.

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We don't have hills around here steep enough for me to get up to 30 mph.

You and that sexy avatar are still around? I figured you'd ran off to some South American nudist colony.

(BTW -- you're #3 is saying the same thing my #3 is saying, since I didn't stipulate road conditions, assume it's normal).

Don't be so hard on yourself.

Show me how you climb a hill at 25-30mph and I'll turn you on to the pro cycling teams. Not all roads are flat, even in the city.

This is the commuting section not road racing, a lot of us commute on hilly terrain so why not go back to Foo where you will feel at home. How about posting this in the roadie section? I'm sure they can give you a nice send off

It's all relative Chip 'ol boy. You thought my suggestions were applicable to each and every commute across the land? Put that noggin' to use, Chip.

If you're on an incline and can't keep up with traffic, get to the side -- you agree, yes?

Your comebacks are as weak as your cycling advice.

My three suggestions are not helpful to a commuter? Which one(s) do you disagree with?

Hmm I've been looking for sidewalks on all my climbs but haven't found em. For that matter I haven't found em on the two lane roads with 40 mph speed limits... Guess I'm screwed.

Judging by your avatar your following at least two of my "weak" suggestions. Well done.

Nope...if there ain't enough room to share the lane, you take the lane. Only noobs think they need to get off to the side when it's not safe to do so. You ain't a gutter hugger, are ya?

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Your post and your replies seem to have a so called "I know everthing" tone to them. Newbs will figure it out as I'm sure you did when you started. Oh I disagree with all of them in tone and particularly #3 in substance.

Where I say there wasn't enough room? Again, Chip -- the noggin' thing.