Sunday, 15 February 2009

Well, I've had a decent ride now, and... (EDIT! With slightly rubbish pictures!)

...it's well awesome.

Fast, fast, fast and fast (not sure how fast, as I don't think I'll be able to get my speedo to work on it), pretty, nice handling, fast, good brakes, and did I say fast? Thing is, it retains speed very well, which has a super bonus benefit of you don't have to pedal so much, meaning there's ample energy left for the climbs etc.

Pretty good timing for the day after receipt to be the first day for the Greenway to have thawed, as well. Hopefully I'll be able to do the 9 mile time trial to see how much faster it really is.

Also need to master the whole 'pedalling all the way round' thing now my feet are adhered to the pedals. I'm guessing that's worth a whole bunch of speed.

SO! If any Stonehouses are reading this, and I haven't rung you yet, I really really want to ride on Monday. I suppose this is entirely predictable. Oh well.

UPDATE: Here are the pictures. They're not that good. Sorry. I shoulda checked the quality setting on the phone camera. Hm.

















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