Greetings earthlings..
 

My name is Mike, and I will soon be moving to Chicago (Lakeview), and will be using the good ol' two-wheeler as well as the EL for transportation.

I biked a lot in my youth, and completed a few triathlons and a century a couple of years ago. I'm looking forward to getting back on the bike; it was my best out of the three events, and good for my bad knees. I competed in the clyde division and have since packed on a few more pounds, but am looking forward to shedding them in my 'sans'-petrol future.

I have two bikes.
1st is an old beater 'hybrid'-wannabe I bought in the mid-nineties. It's a Diamond Back Response Sport with Shimano components. The only thing I've done to it is put some armadillo slicks on it, and is otherwise badly in need of an upgrade/overhaul.

2nd bike is a Saeco Caad4 R1000, I think it's the year 2000 model which I purchased in '05 and used for my triathlon needs with some speedplay pedals. I believe it's largely stock with Ultegra and 105 components, an upgraded Slice carbon fork, and a Profile Stryke carbon aerobar.
Looks somewhat like this.. Referred to as "Ol' Glory" :D
http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/00/i...e/r1000_00.jpg

Anyways, look forward to my silly questions.:beer::lol:

Glad to see you. I'm new here too. Awesome looking paint job on that bike.

Subtle, but nice!

Questions of any sort are encouraged :) . Answers of any sort may be supplied :D . Ignore the mockers, and concentrate on the nice folks. There's a lot of very nice folks here!

Welcome to BF, and feel free to PM me with any questions :) !

East Hill

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...a/pinkstar.jpg

sweet.
Thanks a bunch.
glad to be here.. really miss biking, and am getting so excited just looking around the forum!

Don't forget to post every once in a while! I always like seeing new people join in :) .

East Hill