Hey guys, just picked up my first road bike yesterday. I got a 2010 Specialized Langster from my local bike shop on clearance.

I rode it home yesterday, only about a 5min ride. So today I went for my first "real" ride on it. I did about 10 miles and I loved it! Doing the same ride on my MTB, I would feel tired, but not on the Langster.

you would feel tired on a geared bike? :O

I posted in the introductions forum also, but thought I'd post here to since I have a fixie!

Welcome to the forums!

*drool* nice snag on the bike, and welcome to the forums!

Yes, doesn't make sense to me really.

Post some pics man!

Congrats! I'm also in NYC, and am fairly new to the SSFG scene as well.

Enjoy your bike

It makes perfect sense that you'd be more tired on a knobby-tired mountain bike. They're much less efficient when riding on the road.

MTBs are heavier, have wider tires, and are just generally not that great on the roads.

Thanks, that makes sense.

Going to take some pics now!

+1

Gears or no gears, MTB bikes are remarkably inefficient on roads just with the tires alone. Add front suspension and it gets worse. Add full suspension and it very very inefficient.

RobF353, welcome to SSFG!!

Welcome I'm also from NYC . I feel the difference coming from a hybrid to a single speed.

Yet you see more of them ridden on the road than anything else. People are weird.

With about 30 psi in them.

I once stopped at an auto repair shop to see about getting some air for my tires. The guy asked me how many PSI I needed from the compressed air machine. I said maybe 110 or 120psi. His eyes almost fell out of his head. He laughed at me like I was an idiot. When I left, I'm sure he went inside and was like, "Frank, check this. That idiot said he wanted OVER ONE HUNDRED PSI in his BICYCLE TIRES!!! LOL."

congrats on picking up your first bike... im also from nyc and just as new as you in the ss/fg scene.

Cool, what bike do you have? Where in NYC are you?