Maiden Voyage
 

Ok here goes.

Agreed to meet Kenneth @ Hawthorn Station at around 730, in true Kenneth style I received a call from him at 7 saying he had an issue with locking himslef out of his house (where had he been so early eh :wink: ) and might not be able to make it.

Anyway he eventually turned up at around 8 and we went down to grab Sacha at Chapel St. Then off to Beach road for a trip to Frankston. Got settled on the bike and it all felt really comfortable and dam its fast. Not sure if it was the excitment of the new bike but seemed to be so so much faster than the flat bar.

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Stopped then in Black Rock for a juice and just to make sure everyone was comfortable with the pace etc and a chat about nothing.

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On then to Mordi, I had a push for the last 3k's or so to see how the bike performed with some eager effort and yipeeeeee it was even faster than i first thought, and not just faster but easy to keep the speed up there for longer which is awesome.



After a quick trip to the mens room (females for Sacha) onto frankston, great run down the road there where we stopped for a bite to eat. Managed to eventually find somwhere to eat and a few guys eyeing up the bike's caused me a bit of bother as my pride and joy was making me nervous leaned against the wall, and they looked well dodgy.

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After we ate it seemed that Sacha's pump was missing (was it stolen, i think so). Oh dear. A few snaps by the beach and then it was onwards home, everyones bike still going strong without any issues.

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Kenneth then had a few issues with his chain coming off, which put him in the all to common position of his bike upside down making some adjustments , just wouldnt be right for Kenneth not to fiddle with his bike eh :wink:

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After that it was plain sailing all the way home. Ride was 99km so went down to the 7/11 just to make the ton for the day.

Overall really really pleased witht he new bike, love the way it handles, the comfort and the speed.

Catch some of you on sunday for the next ride.


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I like. Do you have more pics of that Scott? :D

And better yet. Do you have any more pictures of sacha?

What- no Vegemite? :)

Great pics!

Who is the guy with the Blonde hair? He needs a haircut very bad! :D

AHHHHHH! Don't lay a bike upside down....You could scratch the hoods, the computer, the bars, the stem or the saddle.

+1, not to mention if you're trying to adjust any of the mechanicals, they don't work the same inverted.

Thanks for the comment on the hair, but i like it as it is..... Yeah i agree that the scott should not have been turned around but he has a habbit of adjusting things for no reason other than a break if you ask me.

The scott is a fairly basic model of a friend of mine, 105 rear and front tektro brakes a nd a basic travtiv crankset.

Thanks for the comments on my new giant guys i love it

I'm keeping a record on www.newbikeblog.blogspot.com

thanks all