Hey guys

Just would like to seek some advise from you all.
Much appreciate
I bought a new road bike, very basic with left & right gear, few hundred bulks. Actually I don't know how to use it? Especially I try to climb the hill. Please can you all share the knowledge? Because read thru the article via others websites, it still very much confusing me.
I mean, the combination like 1 - 2,3,4; 2-3,4,5; 3-4,5,6 and so on... I did try but failed to climb and fall down from the bike when climbing the hill this morning(not exactly hill, just a bit steepest).

The worst experience was last Thursday, when I was cycling around the house area, here and there, I was suddenly vomit and almost fainting; can't control breathing... Sigh!

Can you all shed a light on how to use the gear & how to increase the stamina? Energy drink or food before and after cycling?

Thanks in advance

Ryan

Welcome!
Why so dramatic one.. Are you pushing yourself too much? The rides suppose to give you enjoyment one...
Can't tell you exact reason without knowing the details.
I seen young guy puked going up hill due to over exertion or you may have overdid it while in a full stomach.

Don't worry, you will get over it, take it easy my friend and enjoy. In time to come, you will be able to do staff you currently unable to. And go with the biggest gears for easier climb.

Oh, I am not young guy anymore, lol..,
Has been 15 yrs didnt ridding on a bike, yay, that's result!
I also thought it supposed to be enjoy, which weekend ridding and take off my little belly, get in shape as you mentioned, to be young again. Haha

But what do you mean by biggest gear?
I trying to figure up how to use those gear to make the ridding more easy and need not to put much effort to push like giving birth?! Lol

My bike shop told me, I have to adjust the right side gear and then adjust left side gear. I did try several combination just now to go up hill again. But my knees just killing my muscle so much.

Ya, last Thursday was a tragedy.
Vomit, almost black out by side of the road, a taxi drove me home. Exhausted!

I would like to take it to a hobby.
Few hours in morning & evening during weekend.
But I think gear is big tool, if I could turn it out as power gear haha...

the glass is half full...

no...

the glass is half empty...

no...

the glass is.......is......................

but... technically...

i think it is less than half full or more than half empty... the glass is not shaped symmetrically... so the cubic capacity of the top part which is wider than the bottom should be more...

start out by lapping around your house first... flat road preferably..get a feel of the bike and when you are comfortable..then you try the small hills...

when going up hills... use the lightest gear you can find... or as heavy as you can afford to depending on the speed...that means the smallest in the front (left side shifter) and the combination of the larger gear at the back (right side)

it's like driving a car, you can't force a car to go up genting in 5th gear at 20kph... so you downshift appropriately till the car is not struggling up the incline...you do the same for your bike..

Good advise.
I definitely did as what you said on previously riding.
I was riding on flat road, around the house area and try to figure out what's best gear I should use for certain riding space.
I did adjust to lower gear to climb, the pedal comes easily, but can't any farther to the hill. I must step down & push the bike up. I tried again, unfortunately reach half hill, I must step down again. Until I fall down from the bike this morning.

I know that when it comes to highest gear, it would more easy on flat road, faster and riding with the wind.
I also realise that climbing hill need some techniques and get more practice. I just doubt about my bike gear, because few combination I done for, it seen cant go any farther ;( it quite let me down. At least there's cruel to practice with mentality and technically

it depends on what gearing you have... unless the place you are climbing is quite steep... maybe you should tell where it is and we could have ridden there before to tell you if it is considered steep...

riding on the smallest front chainring and the biggest rear cog should be able to get you up most stuff... but as a newbie.. road bike gearing is never as light as MTB...so, it might take a while if you meet with the steep stuff...

wat i suggest is ride the flats first to build up your stamina a bit and find the hill that is short and least steep... progressively build from there on as you find longer and steeper ones... you need a combination of both to improve on your stamina and build some muscles...

The bike front chain always on smallest cog?!
Ya, I was riding from Permaisuri 1 - > Permaisuri 2 (actually I want to ride to TBS), I failed at Jalan Budiman, where the hill at. It quite steepest though.
Maybe you can talk a look on the photo below.

Your advise is good. I also have a same thought, to ride on flat road for couple weeks to see whether I could catch up later for the hill.

My left leg now pretty painful, but I believe I had have extream sporty outdoor. Haha...

Please come more suggestion, I love to know more what you all have been done before.


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personally, i don't think much of the appropriate gears to be in, etc. when i cycle, if i feel it's getting harder n my cadence is getting slower, i shift to lighter gear (bigger cog). if i've run out of cogs, i shift to smaller chainring and shift to smaller cog.

don't think too much. cycling should be as natural as running/walking.

there was a lady i cycled with before. she read technical articles off the internet on how to cycle uphill. so one day we went cycling together in a group. first climb, bukit hantu. she climbed awfully slow, even too slow for a beginner. we waited for a long time at the top of the hill. when she reached the top, we saw that she had her gear at the smallest cog. so we asked her, why? she said she read the article, and it said when climbing uphill, u should shift to lower gear. the article meant, shift to the largest cog. what she understood was, shift down to the smallest cog. and she stayed in that cog despite having a hard time climbing.

don't be too nerdy and stick to the articles we read, and forgo the magnificent capability of our brain to think logically

if the going gets tough, shift to lighter gear. so on n so on.... that's the purpose of gearing

This post has been edited by miaopurr: Apr 28 2013, 08:35 PM

Speechless

This post has been edited by ryanconferido: Apr 28 2013, 09:05 PM

SRAM Force is good enough for me..I'm loving the double tap..until now no upgrade so far..

Dude, you might wanna check your health condition first with a doctor, see whether you can do strenuous activities or not. Fainting on a bike on the road could be fatal

I live there. Used to cycle your route also..ok lah can sweat a bit riding there, mostly on weekend morning when there's not many cars on the road..want a steeper climb you can try the residential area going to Tesco, I forgot the name of the place.

you mean Taman connough? Come on, I try to ask how to get up hill... Sigh! Lot of feedback doesn't help. I mean more specific, that's why I am here.
But, I appreciate.
I had have chat with my doctor, my health definitely fit for cycling, nor any activity. I also know why I got vomit and black out experience.
Never mind dude, I am on my own.
Good night!

This post has been edited by ryanconferido: Apr 28 2013, 11:21 PM

U over think, over realistic. Use your creativity, think creatively, hope for a world filled with joy n Kunis!


Now I cross chain like mad, don't care all the theories anymore, if rosak, use credit card

i think this is one of the things that you can't google for an answer isn't it???

i can't get it why everytime i try to explain shifting gears on a bike to the relation of shifting gears in a car and it doesn't work...isn't it the same theory??? and we didn't google how to shift gears on the car did we?

i wouldn't be saying what i said if my creative imagination came through isn't it???

the only time i think it is possible to see mila kunis would be in my dreams and that had yet to happen... realistically in the real world... the closest i would get to her would be via a bluray disc and a movie poster whenever a new movie of her comes up...

so, kudos to imagination... keep hopes that can never happen high...

credit card is over-rated... use Amex... you can buy the bike of your imagination in 2 winks..

now i don't understand wat you are looking for...

a step by step guide?

on your vomit and black out issues.. i don't want to try second guessing here.. your health is better left to the real experts to determine..it can be many possible reasons whether it is health or lack of nutrition related.... but it is nothing some powerbar or gels can solve that i am of certain...

beats me boss... but, isn't it obvious?

eh i just thought of something. when u told mrjgx to use the force, did u mean use sram force, or use jedi force?

This post has been edited by miaopurr: Apr 29 2013, 01:50 AM

ehhrrr... both...

i think tat is a good marketing ploy... if this works.. you are getting promoted (slightly)

mr.jgx




LIKE A JEDI!

This post has been edited by butthead: Apr 29 2013, 09:14 AM

don't think Amex can get me this