Well….I was really surprised today when the new bike came around 10 am when fedex usually delivers late in the day….but, I’ll take it since I put it together and was out on it for a shakedown run by 11:15…and that’s even with getting the computer mounted so not too much time at all…it did help that this one is the same model as the old one since it is the only one with full suspension in my price range, so I already knew everything about it…after starting out on the first ride all I could say is wow! All of the controls are feather light and I barely have to touch the shifter and it is in the next gear…it is so light that I didn’t even hurt my thumb doing two rides and getting almost 25 miles in…even the rear brake is so sensitive that I can lock the rear wheel up with just two fingers….it is just so cool to have a bike that works like it’s supposed to and I can go hard….I had forgotten how nice it is to just power up hills instead of having to shift down 4 gears to keep the chain from skipping…and it works my legs like crazy…so much so that I was already getting sore just sitting here having lunch between the rides…I AM going to need some ibuprofen later today to be able to move and to get ready for another double tomorrow…one crappy thing is that the tube protectors still haven’t shown up so I think I just wing it til Monday when it is supposed to rain and the take wheels off and install them then…oh, one last thing…I expected that the grey paint would just be regular gloss grey….but it is grey metallic and it looks pretty cool out in the sun…can’t wait for oit to get warmer and get some long rides in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well….I was really surprised today when the new bike came around 10 am when fedex usually delivers late in the day….but, I’ll take it since I put it together and was out on it for a shakedown run by 11:15…and that’s even with getting the computer mounted so not too much time at all…it did … Continue reading Got the new bike!<\/span>