Hey ijen0311,

After all of this buildup, why are you not out riding your new bike?

More importantly, why am I not riding my bike?

Because you only talk about riding your bike.

Waiting for it to cool down... (and I'm just Jen)

Negative. Headed down to the river now.

Jen, nice bike! Glad it's finally in your posession. But, what's with the cable routing?*


*see previous Pcad thread about his Cervelo.

Thanks! I'll have to look for that thread later.

For now... I'm going riding!

Just learned the hard way about drafting your buddy. On a wet road.

Lil more dirt in the mouth then I thought. Face looks like I came out of a jungle lol

Holy crap this thread is fast now let me catch up...

I was hoping someone would mention cable routing (thanks kidd)....too bad pcad is gone and can't get his panties in a bunch.

speaking of panties, I am pretty sure in the grand scheme of things womens underwear is more comfortable than mens under bike shorts because most girls under wear has a % spandex and not terrible seams everywhere.

EWR is Newark NJ VV, most major flights leave there and it is easier than getting to the NY airports. Most travel sites actually have Newark NY which is wrong but they are close.

Now back to me...I switched from my mon wed group/training ride schedule to a harder Tue Wed Thur plan with Tue being a hard group ride Wed have a breakaway(hard or Chase med or easy option) and thur being a training crit

I withstood the 3 days in a row fairly well here they are
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/43060748
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/43304886 (long warm up)
https://connect.garmin.com/activity/43304878 (I enabled the auto lap thingy here)

It worked out very well and I hope it preps me for 3 crits I have later this month.

PS coasting made some snide comment a few weeks back about us being similar sizes (fat) and me claiming to be faster, well Mr. limey try to match my awesome average speeds I have been achieving

I really like the addition of Crash and kinda like topgear too.


crash:
We do need a detailed account of how each bike met its untimely death.

also my wife is 5'0" (on a good day) and rides a 47 cm trek, but it is quite the comfort setup. it looks like you picked the right size based on the fairly agressive position. You are only a set of pedals away from being taken seriously

The Fuji had 3 warranty issues because of the bottom bracket. Tom Roth of Fuji is a D***head.

The next specialized wasn't cool enough, honestly i just wanted more bike.

the small Sworks black specialized was just too small, i need like a 54/56 and it was a 52TT

The white specialized i loved, the bottom bracket cracked and specialized refused to keep making the white ones so i got the black one.

Loved the black one too but our team went to BH so i sold it for the BH.

The BH cracked at the front deraileur hanger so i had to warranty it

So i bought the Soul Faith and while i was waiting for it to get here i got a great deal on the CAAD9 frame and fork and i couldn't pass it up.

Rode it for 2 months, it was just a hair too small, mainly the headtube, again CAAD9 54's are small.

back on the Soul for a few weeks and i got my BH back and it's just such a good ride i decided i am going to sell the Soul and just ride the BH if that's the bike we keep.

First ride complete. I'm head over heels.

I love riding in crappy weather...it makes me feel like i am taking my training more seriously, and it makes you HTFU.

that's a good thing!

There's a house near mine that had a tree fall through the roof in the store. A big 70 foot tree. Straight through the roof.

I would think you personally may benefit from holding onto a second bike.

How do the soul and caad compare?

I was not out sailing this time.

Yeah felt badass when i was passing people and they saw me.

Thanks.

ok.

In any case, nice looking rides. What group do you ride with?

they are almost identical in feel and stiffness. I would honestly give the nod to the Soul as it felt just as stiff but not as buzzy? If you've ever ridden aluminum you know what i mean by buzzy.

I acquired another part of the cross bike today.

Hell yeah.

what sound is your bike making?


seriously..you people need to learn to work on your bikes...IT SAVES YOU HEAPS OF MONEY TO BUY MORE BIKE STUFF WITH.

You make it sound so easy.

I'm pretty good at working on mine, less good at producing the desired result in a timely manner.

The new bike sounds like a vuvuzela when I coast.