Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
I took my bike out today and I did not enjoy it and it was not £600 well spent.

Felt every bump in the road, bent over in a odd position, can not get to the breaks in an emergency and worried that the bike would get nicked all day!
You'll get used to it really quickly. You won't look back (especially because you'll fall over if you do).

Hold the handles not on the place you would on a mountain bike but either on the 'drops' (the curved down bit) or on top but forward, so palms facing in towards each other not back as the would be on mountain bike. You need to be able to reach brakes and unless you have tiny hands you can if you hold the bars in the right place. It's hard to explain.