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Old 09-27-22, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by sbuckaroo
I wish I knew how to ride with no hands! As it is, I have to stop over completely to grab the water bottle to take a dip! This is probably a skill that would be hard to learn in my age.
You don't need to ride no handed to drink from your bottles. But it might take a little effort on your part to get use to getting them out and putting them back in the bottle cage while riding. I generally go for the bottle on my down tube as it's seems the least awkward to get to and doesn't interfere as much with pedaling... though it does somewhat. I also generally will wait till I'm slowed up for a short climb and going a little slower.

Even my old Paramount wasn't the easiest of bikes to ride no handed. So I typically didn't even try. But riding with one hand should be no issue once you try it a few times.
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