First Ride with The Giant!
 

I went to my LBS and picked up the bike today, after they fitted me. Then I went to another LBS to get all the accessories, because they both are great LBS's.

Anyways I go to our local path and rode 27.5 miles in about 2 hours. It was nice and smooth. I did fall 3 times because I unclipped my right foot and leaned left. Not a thing to do I learned! I was cruising around 19m/h at a cadence of about 70-90. My max cadence was 130, speed was 27.7. I also have a polar heart monitor the F6. I had the chest strap on the whole time I burnt 1547 calories with a max of 171hr and average of 138. I was in my zone of 140-176 for 1:05.

Had a great day guys. Its awesome to be able to ride now! I am attaching some pictures so you can see my new beauty.

Also its a 2007 Giant TCR A1. With full 105.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...man83/bike.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...an83/bike2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...an83/bike3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...an83/bike4.jpg

Man the new paint is sooo much better than the old...

let the games begin...
congrats! the paint scheme is great.

Very nice. May you have lots of time to ride. And love the golf course.

Michael

Er, I meant I like your paint better than mine... Not tryin' to burst any bubbles.

Ok cool. No harm no foul.

Glad you got to get out and enjoy your new bike. I have to wait until Monday or Tuesday to pick up my new Felt F85. EXCITED!

Yeah the new Giant bikes are pretty for sure. Make sure to put as many miles on it as possible! :)

yes enjoy have fun woopie

I can almost feel the OP's excitement.

I too like your paint job better than the previous model (I have one also; the old one in blue).

Enjoy!!

nice ride!!....enjoy!!

awesome ride!

Very nice. I built up my A1 frame/fork. Love it.

:)

:lol:

:roflmao:

Me too! I got the TCR C3 about 3 weeks ago with blue in the older "less desirable" paint scheme - the bike is SICK - I put on Ultegra derailleurs, Shimano wheels, cranks, and breaks - quite economically took off 1-2 lbs, since I had these components on an '07 Felt F75 that I'm selling. The new paint is nice, although I do like the exposed carbon on my frame. The flashy blue and silver just seems so...'90's. The bike climbs and descends like a dream, but take it EASY with those tektro breaks, or make that your first upgrade unless you've got good insurance - nearly blew it badly on my first fast descent!!:eek:

Congrats on your new ride - yet another Giant rider that has seen the light! (But please stop falling over unclipping - your bike hates it, and you should be charging $$$ to provide entertainment for other riders!)

Nice bike!

By the way, you may want to make sure and buy some more stuff from the first store also because as I understand it the money in bike shops comes from selling the accessories rather than the bikes.

+1
ride the wheels off it!

What's wrong with blue? :thumb:

http://phalanx.phpwebhosting.com/cop...isc/08TCRA.jpg

Nuthin'. My eyes are blue! I prefer the newer blue scheme (as you posted) to the paint on mine:
http://www.extonbikes.com/nss-folder..._105_final.jpg

Really, all I don't like about the paint on my bike is the silvery checkered flash, which is on all the '06 models...guess I'm picky - I'd prefer to have as much exposed carbon as possible (which the new scheme fails to do even worse...). I just like the cleaner lines on the newer models if exposing the carbon fabric is irrelevant.

Ahhh. The 1st time I saw that paint scheme, I thought the guy had a custom paint job.

Gorgeous bike, I saw it in a store this week and the paint job caught my attention!

Here is mine from 2004:
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6065/imgp6089ka5.jpg

Well the original lbs i was going to buy from sold only specialized, and they are closer to me. After I rode the Giant from the other LBS I wanted to get that. So I wanted to try and make both LBS's happy. I also like specialized accessories more. In this economy we have to cut costs wherever we can. It cost me $50 to fill my car tonight at $3.75 a gallon. I bought the bike, lock, trunk mount, pedals, and a jersey from the lbs, and then a helmet, air pump, c02, tube, levers, bag, and computer from the other LBS.

http://i30.tinypic.com/2vs59h4.jpg

Those are all really pretty bikes!

peiffer83, that red is beautiful.

I have that EXACT bike. I'm a happy, happy man.

Most of us only have to do that once to learn :rolleyes:. But great-looking bike! I saw one at my LBS and had to think twice about wanting to wait another year or two before getting a new bike.

Great bikes, congratulations; still waiting for pictures of your riding partner(s) who've been nicknamed "The Giant!"