Test rode a KHS Flite 500
I've always cycled throughout my life, to varying degrees of involvement. It typically includes cycling to childhood girlfriends' friends' houses, a ride around the neighbourhood; but nothing to the extend of what I've done.
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With the intention of adding a low-impact sport into my mix of every-now-and-then-also-get-injured sports, I bought a Raleigh Diablo Pro, on the recommendation of @KYSpeaks. At this point, my intention was to do the twice weekly 30min rides around the neighbourhood, and thus I did not consider getting a road bike.
It came with some low end Shimano shifters, which at this point is sufficient for me, but what appealed to me was that it had a pair of disc brakes. As someone who had previously owned a 15 year old bike, it was a nifty upgrade.
With luck, I let out to a few other friends that I bought a bike, and they brought me for a 34km ride at Putrajaya on the weekend I got the bike. At the end of the very rainy ride, I swore to swap out my no-brand knobbly tyres for a pair of slick tyres, and the transformation was instantaneous. With that I was sucked into putting in more distance on my bike.
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After a couple of months of doing weekly rides at Setia Alam, I went for the Tour de Kuala Gandah, where I swapped my MTB with Ken Seong's KHS Flite 500 about halfway through, and the difference was apparent. Flying downhill was no longer limited by gravity (my MTB had really short gearing so I typically freewheeled downhill); and with a lighter bike and components with lower rolling resistance, it seemed effortless compared to riding my MTB.
My only beef with riding a road bike would be the rim brakes, and the position of the brake handles; as opposed to the disc brakes I've gotten used to on my MTB. There were several points where heavy traffic, combined with bad road conditions required me to swerve onto the road shoulder, risking a puncture on the very delicate road tyres, or worse: me becoming a statistic of biking fatalities. I genuinely felt scared at those times, but then its nothing that I won't get used to.
In spite of the borrowed bike being 3cm too large for me1, riding it was generally easier though a lot more harsh due to the thinner tyres, and the lack of suspension. Going through the harsher bumps would result in a mild sting to my gonads, and a brief squeak from me.
TBH I can't really come up with a description between the differences between a road and a mountain bike, but I was sold, so... hello 2013 Flite 500...soon. Anyone willing to sponsor me a bike can give me a call at 1300-13-1300 wtf.
Notes: 1. From my limited experience, road bike's frame sizing seems a bit more discriminate compared to mountain bike frame sizing. Merely adjusting the seat height is insufficient, as the distance between the handlebar and seat is also determined by the frame size.
It came with some low end Shimano shifters, which at this point is sufficient for me, but what appealed to me was that it had a pair of disc brakes. As someone who had previously owned a 15 year old bike, it was a nifty upgrade.
With luck, I let out to a few other friends that I bought a bike, and they brought me for a 34km ride at Putrajaya on the weekend I got the bike. At the end of the very rainy ride, I swore to swap out my no-brand knobbly tyres for a pair of slick tyres, and the transformation was instantaneous. With that I was sucked into putting in more distance on my bike.
After a couple of months of doing weekly rides at Setia Alam, I went for the Tour de Kuala Gandah, where I swapped my MTB with Ken Seong's KHS Flite 500 about halfway through, and the difference was apparent. Flying downhill was no longer limited by gravity (my MTB had really short gearing so I typically freewheeled downhill); and with a lighter bike and components with lower rolling resistance, it seemed effortless compared to riding my MTB.
My only beef with riding a road bike would be the rim brakes, and the position of the brake handles; as opposed to the disc brakes I've gotten used to on my MTB. There were several points where heavy traffic, combined with bad road conditions required me to swerve onto the road shoulder, risking a puncture on the very delicate road tyres, or worse: me becoming a statistic of biking fatalities. I genuinely felt scared at those times, but then its nothing that I won't get used to.
In spite of the borrowed bike being 3cm too large for me1, riding it was generally easier though a lot more harsh due to the thinner tyres, and the lack of suspension. Going through the harsher bumps would result in a mild sting to my gonads, and a brief squeak from me.
TBH I can't really come up with a description between the differences between a road and a mountain bike, but I was sold, so... hello 2013 Flite 500...soon. Anyone willing to sponsor me a bike can give me a call at 1300-13-1300 wtf.
Notes: 1. From my limited experience, road bike's frame sizing seems a bit more discriminate compared to mountain bike frame sizing. Merely adjusting the seat height is insufficient, as the distance between the handlebar and seat is also determined by the frame size.
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