I bought a new bike this weekend. It's a Trek road bike that I have had some aero bars installed on to give it a kind of triathlony feel, while still being a usable bike around town. This is my first road bike since when I was sixteen. All of my bikes since then have either been mountain bikes or hybrid bikes. The difference is frankly, kind of stunning, and I'm glad that I gave myself six weeks to train on it. Especially since my first training session, on Sunday, was for 31 miles and I came away pretty beat up.
After the ride I had some pain in my rear end, and I wasn't able to keep up the pace for the entire distance, which is something I was able to do on the hybrid. Eric gave me some tips about hand placement and training techniques. And I looked online last night to see what the thinking was about seat design, positioning, angle, and so on. Turns out the whole seat thing, is black magic. Some say you should have it angled slightly down, while others slightly up, and both cases seem to make sense. And everyone says, "Just do what feels comfortable to you." But what feels comfortable at mile one, maybe killer by mile 50. Ugh.
Anyway, thoughts or comments appreciated on this. If anyone has any book recommendations on riding or training techniques let me know.
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