So I went on my first real road ride in the last probably 6 months or more. Wow, what a revelation! I forgot how much fun it can be! I think maybe because it's more "social" than a mountain ride, I hadn't seen my buddy I rode with in a while, and because I've actually been riding a lot lately.
About two hours, and we went pretty fast, including a pretty long "final sprint" to the door, which pretty much finished my energy reserves!
Now that I"m 100% back on the road bandwagon, I think I'm gonna upgrade my frame from the alloy front/carbon rear stay bike I'm riding now, to the full carbon TCR frame that I was planning on selling. But hell, if I'm gonna be doing a lot more road riding (and I am for sure!), I want to be riding the best I can be on.
Plus it'll look sooo good next to my carbon hardtail...
It's just easier to go on a good road ride than load up my car, and drive half an hour to the closest mountain trail...
JJames
P.S. Totally sold on the compact chainrings that are all the rage now. 50t/34t is the rage.
About two hours, and we went pretty fast, including a pretty long "final sprint" to the door, which pretty much finished my energy reserves!
Now that I"m 100% back on the road bandwagon, I think I'm gonna upgrade my frame from the alloy front/carbon rear stay bike I'm riding now, to the full carbon TCR frame that I was planning on selling. But hell, if I'm gonna be doing a lot more road riding (and I am for sure!), I want to be riding the best I can be on.
Plus it'll look sooo good next to my carbon hardtail...
It's just easier to go on a good road ride than load up my car, and drive half an hour to the closest mountain trail...
JJames
P.S. Totally sold on the compact chainrings that are all the rage now. 50t/34t is the rage.