That is very impressive. I do not go that fast. I am not that fast, ever.

First day on a new bike. I picked up the aformentioned Bianchi San Jose (a singlespeed cyclocross, steel frame, cantis). Gearing is way low at 42x17; it took me 56 minutes vs. my usual 52, and that was with more effort than normal. I guess I'm not a spinner, more of a masher. I think I'm going to leave the gearing as is for now to try to work on my spin, although I'll probably have some 58 minute commutes in there.

I love the ride of steel frame bikes. So much smoother than my alu Giant was. The 'cross geometry is still weird to me, even though I own another cyclocross bike (geared LeMond Poprad). It feels like a tall SUV to me. I'll have to get used to that.

It was an absolute pleasure putting fenders on a bike meant for one. No zipties! Love it. My Freddy's are a little small (35mm) for the 700x32 'cross tires but they work OK for now.

Interestingly enough, my San Jose came fixed. No freewheel (flipflop hub, tho). Bianchi apparently shipped out a few fixie San Jose's, and mine was one of them. Preferable to me.

One nice thing about the gearing is I can skid like a grade schooler. I had fun with that this morning. I'm such a kid at heart

Yay for new bikes!

And I have the best testride story now. You know my day wasn't so great yesterday, with the car accident and soe other misc stuff. So I thought a test ride would be a nice way to end the day. I'm about 2-3 miles away from the shop, some dark clouds but I also see some sn peeking through here and there, and the heavens OPEN. I mean cats and dogs. hail. Tornado sirens blaring. I high-tailed it back to the store and was soaked to the BONE. LOL. I kept wondering if I'd end up in Kansas...

EDIT: it was 34 degrees this morning, pretty chilly! I put my new Balaclava to use. I liked it. I'm not sure if it will be warm enough as it drops into the teens and 20s, though. We'll see. All my other gear worked great, although my feet were a bit chilly. I need to sort that out. Wool socks in my Adidas MTB shoes aren't cutting it.