I've got my new bicycle all put together (Yay!) and I'm looking forward to my first ride tomorrow; but I'm still adjusting the fit of a few things. My experience with bicycles is very limited though, and I have a silly question about the handlebar.
There is a piece (if someone can tell me the name, that'd be great) that connects to the fork and to the handlebar. I've centered the handlebar; but I can also rotate it. It's a road bicycle with the traditional 'curvy' sorta handlebar (if someone can tell me that name for that too; I'd appreciate it). Anyway, I can rotate it up or down and (obviously) that dramatically affects where the breaks are/the position of my body.
I'm not sure *where* I want it to be though.
There is a small 'X' design on the bar that is visible through a hole in whatever the metal piece that holds the bar is called. I assumed that I should center the 'X' in the whole for proper alignment - but it 'feels' like the bars are turned lower than what I'm used to (but I don't know if what I'm used to is wrong).
Can someone let me know what I should be looking for? Should I adjust it to 'whatever feels good for me' or will that just encourage bad riding position?
There is a piece (if someone can tell me the name, that'd be great) that connects to the fork and to the handlebar. I've centered the handlebar; but I can also rotate it. It's a road bicycle with the traditional 'curvy' sorta handlebar (if someone can tell me that name for that too; I'd appreciate it). Anyway, I can rotate it up or down and (obviously) that dramatically affects where the breaks are/the position of my body.
I'm not sure *where* I want it to be though.
There is a small 'X' design on the bar that is visible through a hole in whatever the metal piece that holds the bar is called. I assumed that I should center the 'X' in the whole for proper alignment - but it 'feels' like the bars are turned lower than what I'm used to (but I don't know if what I'm used to is wrong).
Can someone let me know what I should be looking for? Should I adjust it to 'whatever feels good for me' or will that just encourage bad riding position?