>>995863>is this your absolute first road bike?Yes, always been riding flat bar hybrids and the odd mountain bike before. BMX as a kid of course. Actually, I had a very old DTS peugot road bike as a kid but not enough to really know road bikes from it.
>why would you spend so much on something you have never tried, you may regret itBecause I've been posting on /n/ for years and wanted to get in on the fun. It's a BD bike so not super expensive, not compared to the Kona Dew/Dew Plus bikes that I used to ride.
>most people run there bars parallel to the ground, yours looks pretty bent up.The top and bottom aren't parallel, they're at a 45° angle. You think the bottom should be parallel and the top angled down? I'll give it a try but I'm not sure how well it will work out.
>>995864>The guys at BD/moto fucked up the cables on my bike, with them being reversedWell, they have a rep for that. Mine seem ok. The FD needed some tuning but otherwise I think everything was fine out of the box.
>>995864>Place interrupters closer to the stem for more leverageThe interrupters are fine, it's the brifters that seem weak. I can brake much better with the interrupters.
>>995864>neck painsMore like strain, from looking up at the road ahead. It doesn't really hurt but it's effort and I know the muscles there are being used.
>>995867>Bad, considering you didn't buy a road bike.Oh you.
I can always put skinny slicks on it if I want.
