My lord, what a difference!
UndercoverElephant
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It's arrived!!! My lovely new bike has arrived! What an amazing difference on my ride home just now, when I was just pootling, I looked at the scenery flashing by, and I realized that I was moving about as fast as if I was really tonking on my old one. No speedo just yet, so I can't be sure, but the cars weren't going much faster than I was.
For comparison, the old:
The new:
The ride on this thing is amazing, so smooth and comfortable, and so bloody fast it's untrue. The steering is razor sharp, and it all just feels sooooo right.
Shame I had to build it up so much, I was expecting it to come a little more complete (had to put the fron brake on, the front wheel, adjust gears, fix the wobbly ahead-set, add the headset, attach the handlebars, do the bar tape, etc, etc.).
Got my first puncture too on the way home. Outside a bike shop!
For comparison, the old:
The new:
The ride on this thing is amazing, so smooth and comfortable, and so bloody fast it's untrue. The steering is razor sharp, and it all just feels sooooo right.
Shame I had to build it up so much, I was expecting it to come a little more complete (had to put the fron brake on, the front wheel, adjust gears, fix the wobbly ahead-set, add the headset, attach the handlebars, do the bar tape, etc, etc.).
Got my first puncture too on the way home. Outside a bike shop!
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Well Done Nelly.
New bikes should be a joy forever - but they aren't like a junkie you'll soon be wanting that new bar tape hit- that's why you need to start thinking about your new-new bike.
Two years time - start to line up the Mrs.Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
What would Thora Hurd do?0 -
UndercoverElephant wrote:It's arrived!!! My lovely new bike has arrived! What an amazing difference on my ride home just now, when I was just pootling, I looked at the scenery flashing by, and I realized that I was moving about as fast as if I was really tonking on my old one. No speedo just yet, so I can't be sure, but the cars weren't going much faster than I was.
For comparison, the old:
The new:
The ride on this thing is amazing, so smooth and comfortable, and so bloody fast it's untrue. The steering is razor sharp, and it all just feels sooooo right.
Shame I had to build it up so much, I was expecting it to come a little more complete (had to put the fron brake on, the front wheel, adjust gears, fix the wobbly ahead-set, add the headset, attach the handlebars, do the bar tape, etc, etc.).
Got my first puncture too on the way home. Outside a bike shop!
Pictures like that warm my heart!
God work fella!- 2023 Vielo V+1
- 2022 Canyon Aeroad CFR
- 2020 Canyon Ultimate CF SLX
- Strava
- On the Strand
- Crown Stables
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What's.... what's your FCN now then?
For academic reasons of course.0 -
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oooooh sexy.
I have been looking at a new bike myself today...or at least I was until I saw how much it cost :shock:
Mind you what was even more shocking was the chap saying that he didn't need a new bike at the moment as was going to wait until the sales :shock: :shock:Officers don't run, it's undignified and panics the men0 -
Nice one, nice one indeed!
Looking to get a full on road bike come christmas and C2W again."This area left purposefully blank"
Sign hung on my head everyday till noon.
FCN: 11 (apparently)0 -
Can we take it you'll be investing in a newer, sleeker water bottle?Pictures are better than words because some words are big and hard to understand.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34335188@N07/3336802663/0 -
This is a C2W job, though I haven't signed the paperwork yet to get it expensed. My FCN is now a much better 6, as I am still in civvy clothes. I suspect I'll be very happy for quite a while, it's been two hours since I got back, and I still haven't stopped smiling - even after the visit from the puncture fairy. :shock:
Such fun I have never known on a bike. 0 -
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Where can I get one of those water bottles? :P
Nice bike, I hope you've set aside 50% of your income for tweaks and upgrades.Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0
