i rode my road bike into work for the 1st time since october! oh hallelujah, what a joy of joys that feeling is after a season of riding a studded-tire hybrid winter beast!


i forgot about how much more work mechanical rim brakes are than hydraulic discs. i can softly breath on the hydraulic levers on my hybrid and come to a screeching halt, but the mechanical ultegra calipers on my road bike actually require me to use a bit of hand muscle to get the wheels to stop rolling. it probably also has something to do with the fact that i can simply ride my road bike much faster than my hybrid.