The maiden voyage on the Colnago went off without a hitch this morning ---- since I have arrived home, the weather has been perfect Chamber of Commerce blue skies and 70-74 degrees -

Naturally the day I want to take a spin it has to turn to heck with heavy wind gusts --- that's life

Just a 14 mile spin around a nearby lake at a leisurely pace --- I noticed right away the wheels , which are 36 hole, are nice and stiff --- the new bars fit like they should - the reach is a bit far out there, but if I get some more miles under the wheels should be just fine --- I hate to say it, - I never had an "Oh Wow! " moment like I did with the DeRosa SLX --- but i'd like to better evaluate it with an equivalent wheelset




One thing I have vowed to do is donate the black Cannondale carbon bike in the above photos to my nephew --- I had been working on a size 48c Centurion Sport DLX for him as it was his dad's bike when he was a teen, but when I saw him again at Thanksgiving, the boy was 5'4 -------- the little Cannondale is a great riding bike but it always felt a bit small for me, ---- their sizing is also odd, ---- the bike pictured is a 51 sloping, which is supposed to be equivalent to a 53 with a level top tube, --- but it has always seemed short and I have to run a max spacer stack to be comfortable on it
I have tried to sell the bike a couple of times, but after having too many lowball Craigslist offers, I gave up ----- I hope it will serve him well as , although my nephew is slightly built, he is in wrestling, so he always needs something to help him fine tune his weight


I'm not going to ever say never to the possibility of another carbon bike , but for now, I greatly prefer riding my collection of steel bikes from the not too distant past