What's Working: My 'New' Road Bike!

Ain't she a beauty! I finally took my 'new' road bike out for a spin yesterday and I felt like such a Roadie (Is that a real term?)!

I haven't been on a road bike now for almost 1.5 years. I got my tri bike last year for Christmas 2009, but didn't take up serious biking until this year (meaning getting on my bike more than 1x a week). I'm now so used to being in my aero bars handling my tri bike, I wasn't sure how I'd feel on a road bike.

Well friends, I dug it. A lot. The road seemed much smoother and easier to handle. And I swear I felt faster too.  I spun all around my town, out and back, up and down hills and kept getting more excited about all the road biking possibilities I had now with this 'new' road bike.

And I keep saying new like 'this'. Why? Why? Well, this is my swimmer BFF's road bike from oh, about ~10 years ago when she started getting into tri's. She used it for a few races, but pregnancies, babies, and her absolute love for swimming became priority, so her road bike took a back seat. And I mean in the WAY back.  

When I saw the bike last, it was out in the back yard, sans wheels, rusted chain off the ring and sitting there exposed to the weather elements. I asked if I (well, DH), could fix her up and try her out for a while, and she happily agreed. This is what the bike looked like when I took it home:

Can ya see the rusty chain, no wheels, weathered seat, etc? It even had the race number on from ~10 yrs ago (like i can talk though...). DH bought some new tires, a sweet new seat, gave it a good maintenance check-up, taped the bars, switched over my pedals, and it was good to go.
I held out riding it though til' after Vineman, so I could give it due attention. And now, I gotta be honest, it feels too cool to have TWO bikes hangin' in our studio. Look how cute they are hangin' out together!

It's like they're best friends. Just like me and swimmer BFF. So thank YOU swimmer BFF! I owe you a new Splish suit and vino!;-) 


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