Pictures of my new bike: Zulu

[Fujichants]

Thanks everybody for helping me accessorize my bike! In the end, I decided to go with a white Specialized Jett saddle, and pink Bontrager cork gel handlebar tape. The saddle has some accents of light pink on it. Call me fashion challenged, but I love it! (Also, I am still waiting for the white handlebar tape to come in).

Say hi to Zulu!

[TxDoc]

Hoo-Yaahhh!
Gorgeous bike, congratulations!

[ASammy1]

Zulu is BBBBBBEEEEEEAAAAAAAUUUUUUTTTTTTIIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFUUUUULLLLL!!!!!

That is one hot ride!!! :cool:

[Jiffer]

She's gorgeous!!! :D You must be thrilled.

Does the cork handlebar tape have speckles in it? If so, I had that kind until a month ago and it stayed cleaner longer (or appeared to anyways). My LBS didn't have that option when I had them put new tape on. It's just plain pink and gets dirty much faster. (Remember that if you switch to white.)

Congrats on Zulu. You and she will have many good times together!

[sundial]

I really love the white saddle as it adds a nice accent of color to your bike. :cool: White is also feminine in nature and it just completes the look. Your bike is so very nice and it will definitely turn a few heads.

Keep some Soft Scrub on hand as it will clean your handlebar tape and keep it looking like new.

[Fujichants]

Jiffer - Yup, the cork handlebar tape with the speckles on it.

By the way Jiffer, were you riding on the Santa Ana Trail today? I saw a Cannondale exactly like yours...pink handlebar tape, pink saddle...at the rest stop over by the ocean. Was that you?

[bikerchic]

She's a beaut! Enjoy!

[short cut sally]

Sweeeeet!!

[luvmypwds]

Beautiful bike!

Congrats on completing your first half-marathon btw.

[wackyjacky1]

Oh, my, that's just awful. Save yourself from future embarrassment and have Zulu shipped directly to me asap. :p :D :cool:






(translation: holy cow, that's a beautiful bike!)

[alpinerabbit]

But before you do, tell us why you named her Zulu?

[spindizzy]

Very prettyful!! Congratulations.

[ginny]

sassy! She is really nice looking - congrats! Yeah, why Zulu? I love hearing how people come up with names for their bikes ;)

[Fujichants]

Hmm...why Zulu...well...good question.

I was wondering out loud what to name my bike and BF was sitting next to me. Since it is a Trek, and he is a Start Trek fan, he told me to give my bike a Trekky name...but i'm not into science fiction and all that stuff. He started naming several Trekky names, and Zulu came up. Zulu is an Asian...i'm of Asian ethnicity...and I just like the name. Plus, the name isn't too girly.

Later when I got home, I googled the definition of Zulu, and one that came up was "heaven" (besides it also being an African tribe, etc). My bike definitely feels like heaven to ride on, so the name stuck!

[TrekTheKaty]

Pretty!

[uforgot]

I love your avatar! You on the new bike I'm assuming?? You look like you are having a terrific time.:D

[Jiffer]

Jiffer - Yup, the cork handlebar tape with the speckles on it.

By the way Jiffer, were you riding on the Santa Ana Trail today? I saw a Cannondale exactly like yours...pink handlebar tape, pink saddle...at the rest stop over by the ocean. Was that you?

YES! That was me! :D The funny thing is, I saw your bike too! But I wasn't sure it was it. I stared at it a bit thinking, "Is that that new bike I was just staring at on TE with the pink handlebars and the white seat and the cool looking silver/black frame?", and then decided, "Nope, she had pink bottle cages." Apparently, I got your bike confused with someone elses I guess. You and me are the one's still trying to find the perfect pink bottle cages.

That is so funny. I didn't even know you were in my area. I'm in Rancho Cucamonga. Dh and I drove down to Yorba Linda with our friends and rode from there. We did 65. I kicked my butt! 18.0 average pace, which is massively awesome huge beyond words thrilling for me. EVEN if I was drafting dh the entire way! :D I was still exerting myself so much for the entire ride and can't believe I sustained it that long. I was really hurting at the end. The last 10 miles were killer. But I did it. :)

I just think that's so funny that I saw your bike (but not you) and you saw my bike (but not me)! It's all about the bikes. Easier to spot when we've just been looking at each other's bike pictures. :) I think you were actually standing at your bike, but I was trying not to be too obvious that I was staring at it and then had decided I didn't think it was it. I was walking to the bathroom at the time.

How many miles did you do?

[Fujichants]

Hahaha this is so cool and funny at the same time. What are the odds of seeing each other's bikes after seeing them on the TE forum??

I did an easy 25 miles today since I am still recovering from the Disneyland Half Marathon I ran yesterday. My ITB was flaring up, and I thought an easy and fast spin would make the pain go away, but nope! It felt ok on the flats, but those little dips were agonizing on my ITB. Thank god the group I was riding with (besides BF and 2 of his friends) were rather slow. But I got bored of going way too slow, so I ended up going at a 15 mph average by myself, and got to know my bike a bit better :)

One thing I did notice, and I was kind of annoyed by it...some male cyclists were making smooching kissy noises at me!

I live up in LA, but frequently ride that trail for easy, fast rides. BF is doing the Amtrak Century next week with his friends, I will tell him to keep an eye out for the Cannondale with pink handlebars and saddle!

[kie_fujo]

omg!! i plan on replacing my white bar tape with pink when it gets too filthy and that is just about the perfect color. i'm so glad i popped in here! and yr bike is very nice too! haha.

[luvmypwds]

One thing I did notice, and I was kind of annoyed by it...some male cyclists were making smooching kissy noises at me!


Blech. Men. :D

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

Stunning! Feminine, yet strong-looking too! Nice..nice ride!

[Jiffer]

My husband did the Disney half! :D He came in 67th. His big brag is that he came in ahead of "some" of the elite women. :) I told him if he hadn't had to stop at the portable potties (rare for him), he would have beat at least one or two more. Ha ha! His bib number was actually 57, so he was in the first corral, but when they made the announcement for all the elite runners to come to the front, and then clarified that meant 60 and under ... he just stood there feeling funny and decided to stay right where he was (with a friend).

Are your ITB's feeling better today? My thighs are killing me from yesterday. My friend and I attempted to do an 18 mile training ride with a good amount of climbing today, but both decided that it was just SO not necessary after we were out and our legs were burning! Ouchie! It would have been counter productive, so we turned it into a nice recovery ride. (We were trying to make up for the fact that we lost a training day on Sunday due to my friend's crash.)

[Fujichants]

67th!! Wow! BF came in at 406. Me? 6615. Hahahaha. Your DH is quite the athlete!

My ITB is feeling much better. I took today off from working out, and my legs feel so much better as well (my quads were super duper tight). Recovery rides are good, but be sure to taper before your ride on Saturday.

We should all go out for a ride one day!

[Jiffer]

Yes, we are tapering. No riding today. Tomorrow we may do an easy ride of some sort, and probably just a short spinning ride for me on Friday. I think I do better on a long ride if I at least spin my legs the day before for at least 30 minutes.

I have done a couple of half marathons, by the way. I was a "walk/runner". I did San Francisco at about 2:55 or so and Long Beach slightly faster. That was before I "retired" from running and dove into cycling, never to return! I love cycling. Hated running. :)

Yes, we should ride together sometime.

[arielmoon]

Squeeeeeeeee!!!

She is gorgeous!

Pink tape is going to be high on my list when I get some $$$$ :D


(It's my Madone with the pink bottle cages)