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06-26-03, 11:23 AM
Thanks to lots of research and some questions posted in this forum, I went yesterday and purchased a new (and first) roadbike.....
Little History: I'm now 41 years old, I have been a fairly active mountain biker since 2000 (heck, when you live in denver...) My MTB is a 2000 Gary Fisher Sugar 3 - a really nice ride - and I have put 1800 or so miles on it - mostly MTB rides (shorter at 15 - 20 miles a pop) and not as frequent as I'd like, but hey, you do what you can do.
Recently I have been riding my MTB in town too (for extra training) along with mountain miles. Well, started catching the road bug - primarily after being passed by sooooo many roadbikers that I figured something was 'there' that I needed to pursue.....
Anyway - I am now the proud owner of a 2003 Trek 2300, I waffled on the 5200 and the 2300 and I *DO* understand the differences and whatnot.
Anyway, I went to Bicycle Village in the denver area (Aurora) and was fit by Jerry. I explained my background and whatnot and he helped me a ton (after several visits) with questions, position, proper way to "do things" on a roadbike that is different than a MTB.....
So a plug, you need help, see Jerry at Bicycle village in Aurora -
Anyway - Jerry got me fit (took a while looking at me, measuring, etc etc) and we got to the point to ride the bike. Bicycle Village has a "rule" that you get 5 - 10 minutes on the bike to see if you like it - riding in their parking lot or one in the back. I asked Jerry if there was another place to go - with hills and flats - he said yeah, told me how to get on a MUT and go from there.... Jerry said to just go ride, however long I needed, put the bike through it's paces, etc.....
Well, first 'real' roadbike, first 'real' roadbike ride.... all I can say is 'wow'..... The bike simply *JUMPS* on the hills, when I stand on the pedals, it just goes..... I noticed myself wanting to scoot back in the saddle some and it didn't 'feel' just right, rode it back to the shop (40 minutes later) talked to Jerry about it, he scooched the saddle back a CM and off again I went.
The Trek 2300 is an Aluminum bike, but they put some zirchonium alloy in the frame, and it has a carbon fork, and everything I heard about being 'beat up' by the bike just wasn't there. sure I had ridden it in the parking lot on a previous weekend, but on a 'real' ride, it felt to me like 'buttah'......
My form, well sucks because of roadbike ignorance, but that will come with time in the saddle. And I won't do any riding this weekend because I will be doing the Fat Tire Classic in winter park on my MTB. *BUT* I am definitely looking forward to putting miles on this dude(ette?)....
No I don't have pics, but it is a 'stock' bike and all the poop can be found here:
http://www.trekbikes.com/bikes/2003/road/2300.jsp
Thanks for all the input you folks provided me while making this decision. This bike fits me well, feels great, and I couldn't be more happy......
thx
Little History: I'm now 41 years old, I have been a fairly active mountain biker since 2000 (heck, when you live in denver...) My MTB is a 2000 Gary Fisher Sugar 3 - a really nice ride - and I have put 1800 or so miles on it - mostly MTB rides (shorter at 15 - 20 miles a pop) and not as frequent as I'd like, but hey, you do what you can do.
Recently I have been riding my MTB in town too (for extra training) along with mountain miles. Well, started catching the road bug - primarily after being passed by sooooo many roadbikers that I figured something was 'there' that I needed to pursue.....
Anyway - I am now the proud owner of a 2003 Trek 2300, I waffled on the 5200 and the 2300 and I *DO* understand the differences and whatnot.
Anyway, I went to Bicycle Village in the denver area (Aurora) and was fit by Jerry. I explained my background and whatnot and he helped me a ton (after several visits) with questions, position, proper way to "do things" on a roadbike that is different than a MTB.....
So a plug, you need help, see Jerry at Bicycle village in Aurora -
Anyway - Jerry got me fit (took a while looking at me, measuring, etc etc) and we got to the point to ride the bike. Bicycle Village has a "rule" that you get 5 - 10 minutes on the bike to see if you like it - riding in their parking lot or one in the back. I asked Jerry if there was another place to go - with hills and flats - he said yeah, told me how to get on a MUT and go from there.... Jerry said to just go ride, however long I needed, put the bike through it's paces, etc.....
Well, first 'real' roadbike, first 'real' roadbike ride.... all I can say is 'wow'..... The bike simply *JUMPS* on the hills, when I stand on the pedals, it just goes..... I noticed myself wanting to scoot back in the saddle some and it didn't 'feel' just right, rode it back to the shop (40 minutes later) talked to Jerry about it, he scooched the saddle back a CM and off again I went.
The Trek 2300 is an Aluminum bike, but they put some zirchonium alloy in the frame, and it has a carbon fork, and everything I heard about being 'beat up' by the bike just wasn't there. sure I had ridden it in the parking lot on a previous weekend, but on a 'real' ride, it felt to me like 'buttah'......
My form, well sucks because of roadbike ignorance, but that will come with time in the saddle. And I won't do any riding this weekend because I will be doing the Fat Tire Classic in winter park on my MTB. *BUT* I am definitely looking forward to putting miles on this dude(ette?)....
No I don't have pics, but it is a 'stock' bike and all the poop can be found here:
http://www.trekbikes.com/bikes/2003/road/2300.jsp
Thanks for all the input you folks provided me while making this decision. This bike fits me well, feels great, and I couldn't be more happy......
thx