When I was ready for a new bike, I told my LBS man that I was looking for something lighter, with reasonably skinny tires and reasonably fast wheels, and I was tired of running out of gears in a tailwind. (We don't have hills here) I said I would entertain a road bike, but my LBS man recommended the 7500 FX. I traded out the stock tires for smaller ones and I can go as fast as I want to on it. No longer does everybody pass me by - though some of 'em still do. "There will always be somebody older and faster than you." I can really feel the difference with the fast wheels.
However~ don't write off those drop handlebars. *Most* people I know have a short adjustment time and then get to love 'em. With those silly Madones coming out, I"ve even been thinking about it.
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09-10-2007, 10:34 AM #3
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