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Originally Posted by
DaveLeeNC
.... FWIW, this is really about trying to understand what I own. And I am coming from a position of 'extreme ignorance' (at least on a relative basis) regarding bicycle construction and technology. dave[/Partial QUOTE]
Dave - what you have is a very nice production bike and a beauty at that. I have owned several B's and never found one that was less than an excellent ride. The red is a nice choice also... given how many of them are Celeste green. Hopefully you are riding the heck out of it.
You referred to this as a production bike. I had absolutely no clue as to what I was buying when I bought this thing. At the time I had gotten back into running, was in good shape and had dropped 30 pounds, but for the third time I was 'out of running' for a number of weeks due to ankle sprains and/or iliotibial band injuries. I would fill in my exercise on an exercise bike and that last time I said 'well screw it - let's just start biking'.
Went to a local LBS run by (even by LBS standards) a biking fanatic. I don't recall exactly what I spent but I told him that I wanted a bike good enough to race if I ever chose to. I got the impression that 'he built whatever I bought', but that was a long time ago and I didn't even know the difference between friction and index shifters. It doesn't matter other than my own curiosity.
So now for a question. If this is a production bike, what is the model name (if you know). Thanks.
dave
ps. What is interesting is that I have taken exactly the same path, pretty much. I tried to get back into running but my knees are as old as I am. I put in 18 months on a spinner bike before I decided to ride for real (and I lost 50 pounds this time).