Great News, I broke down and bought a New road bike. It's a 2007 Giant TCR A1.
OMG, it rides and feels so good. The last few years I've been using a mountain bike to train on. Then my brother let me use an old speed bike that he had. The problem with that one was it was recalled years ago to replace the aluminum front fork. Apparently the fork would fracture which likely caused serious accidents.....scary! I was riding it the other day about 3 miles from home when I hit a small hole in the road. The front tire blew and slightly bent the rim. I was sure the fork was going to brake. Even if this was a nice and fast bike it wasn't worth it. I was always second guessing ever bump in the road. That was the last draw. I went out and bought the new bike ,it should last me for years. I took the bike on a 23.5 mile route which I've used in the past. Wow, running the same pace (16 to 17 mph) I'd used on the mountain bike. I bettered my time by 20 minutes. Really felt good! Can't wait for 6/14/ 08 for the Flag City Tri / Duathalon. I think I'm going to do the 5k - 35k -10k...... should be interesting.
OMG, it rides and feels so good. The last few years I've been using a mountain bike to train on. Then my brother let me use an old speed bike that he had. The problem with that one was it was recalled years ago to replace the aluminum front fork. Apparently the fork would fracture which likely caused serious accidents.....scary! I was riding it the other day about 3 miles from home when I hit a small hole in the road. The front tire blew and slightly bent the rim. I was sure the fork was going to brake. Even if this was a nice and fast bike it wasn't worth it. I was always second guessing ever bump in the road. That was the last draw. I went out and bought the new bike ,it should last me for years. I took the bike on a 23.5 mile route which I've used in the past. Wow, running the same pace (16 to 17 mph) I'd used on the mountain bike. I bettered my time by 20 minutes. Really felt good! Can't wait for 6/14/ 08 for the Flag City Tri / Duathalon. I think I'm going to do the 5k - 35k -10k...... should be interesting.
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