I picked up my new bike
today. Its a little treat for myself as a reward for quitting smoking
and getting into shape. Got an excellent deal on it and promptly took
it out for a spin this afternoon. It was a little bit chilly, but it
was nice getting out again. The bike has an amazing ride - definitely
worth the few extra bucks that I paid for it over the old one.
I'll be sorry to see the old one go to a new home, but given the number of miles I put on last year (just under 600km on the Schwinn and roughly 800km on the Suteki I had prior to that) it was definitely time to get into something more serious. The Fuji is slightly lighter and more rigid than the Schwinn. The frame is also slightly bigger. I also upgraded to clipless pedals and got into a new pair of road shoes. The net result is that I'm getting more power to the pedals and the bike doesn't feel like its sliding around underneath me.
I'm really looking forward to getting out on it more, especially as the weather gets nicer.
Cyclelog:
TIME: 35:25, IZS: 27:53, AVG HR: 138
Note: Took the usual route from last year, roughly 15km. Definitely need to get a computer hooked up to this thing. I'm definitely going to try and log more this year.
