Friend picked up a new trekky Trek recently, and he wanted to show off his new gear on a ride. Normally my legs, lungs, heart, and 46x17 takes me anywhere--short quick uphills, rolling hills, long gentle uphills--and more quickly than everyone else, too

But this particular route took me to my Waterloo... we were riding at a good pace on moderate terrain but then BAM.... ran into this crazy SF/Lombard type street that just went up and up and up and up. I was able to grind 1/3rd of the way before having to dismount and shamefully walk my bike up the slope.... while my friend creeped up it on 26x27 gear with this pained smirk on his face. ughhhh

So in a few months when I start riding with the company team I'm going to pick up one of these badboys: Colnago Master w/ Campy Centaur group



going to rejoin the dark side... or the light side... or whatever