Finally did some riding today on my new Trek 7.2fx.
The rain we've been having all this week here in AZ has given us a break. Was a nice partly sunny day with temps in the high 50's. My nephew Alex was over so we headed out to do about 4 or 5 miles through the neighborhood. Had a fairly strong headwind for part of the ride, so it was brisk but enjoyable. Alex was riding my Navigator. We stopped and I snapped a couple of pics with my crackberry. Have a look.
Me with the 7.2. What looks a lake behind me is actually one of the parks in my subdivision which also acts as a rainfall retention area. It rarely gets this full, really does look like a small lake.
Since we did have some sun I snapped a decent picture of the 7.2. So far I've added the rack, Bontrager Deluxe trunk, and a Forte Contour saddle. The stock Bontrager saddle just wasn't doing it for me, size was good but just too hard. Maybe down the road as my old butt gets broken in again to cycling, I can switch back but for now I needed just a bit more padding. Inside the rear trunk I tossed in a spare tube, Hurricane Quick Shot Pro CO2 inflator, and a set of steel core tire levers.
Was a nice enjoyable ride. Still getting used to the 7.2. This was the first time I've been able to get out on it for anything farther than a couple of miles. I had to tweak the FD just a bit for the middle chainring. I can see a few areas that I still need to get setup to my liking. Dialing in the post height and getting the new saddle angle and position set. Had a bit of numbness in my hands when I got home but that might have been from the temp rather than the bike. Gloves would have been good to have along today. One thing I noticed was that there's not alot of room on the handlebar to vary your grip. It's like OK here's the grip, hope you like it because there ain't room to grip it anywhere else.
Hope to get out for another ride tomorrow if the weather holds.
Carl