For Elk. Show us your Jamis

[sundial]

Elk, are you feeling a little better today?

[elk]

NO! I'm not and I'm damn ...well...I'm just gonna have to ride it out. But I sure do appreaciate your thinking of me!

Lying in bed....reading. Getting in trouble shopping...I went ahead and bought the Brooks tape (47.00!!!), looking at wool, saddle bags....

The hardest part is that we've had this unusually sunny and glorious autumn and I think it's ending...and I haven't gotten on my new bike once since it came home...

Send me some great shopping links?!?!?!?!

maybe maybe later this afernoon I can just go up the street and back!!
wah
(funny thing is I hardly ever get sick...and this is a doozy)

[sundial]

You know if you get a new bike the weather never cooperates......or you get sick.

I think you should shop TE because you'll get the package pretty darn quick and that will make you feel better.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

It's so nice to read how happy and excited you are. Get well soon!

I have one of these bags:
http://www.velo-orange.com/bapaandba.html
It's great, and you can roll up an extra shirt and tuck it under the top strap.
Mimi got one too I think.

Mimi has the leather bar tape too, she can advise you on getting it wrapped on well.

[sandra]

Poor Elk. I hope you feel better fast. It's beautiful weather for riding today. Blossom went to the shop today to get all spiffed up. I pick her up at 4:00. It's like getting a new bike.

Here you go:

http://www.rivbike.com/products/list...product=20-172

http://www.rivbike.com/search/run?qu...product=31-367

[blueskies]

The hardest part is that we've had this unusually sunny and glorious autumn and I think it's ending...and I haven't gotten on my new bike once since it came home...

Just want to say I completely commiserate. At this time of year in Portland, it's hard to miss even one beautiful day, cuz we all know what's coming.

Three of my able-bodied friends have all, within the last month, told me that they've hung their bikes up for the winter. I'm like "Have you looked out the window????"

What is this crazy talk about hanging their bikes up for the winter, anyway???

Uh, woops... I'm kinda going off topic here, I see. I just miss my bike.

Hope you can get out soon... even if just for a little slow coasting! Your Aurora is sure a looker.

p.s. You're going to have change that "renouncing weeniedom" line... there's been nothing remotely weenie-like from you in this bike hunting escapade. You were a focused, driven woman on a mission!

[elk]

jeez blueskies, i hope i can ride all through the winter??!!!! We're in a La Nina year and either it'll be a very wet winter or a very dry winter.....so we'll see.

thanks for the links! checkin out each and every one....you all cheer me up!!

now about that bag...see how little space there is between the back of my saddle and the rack? I'm not sure I could do a banana style...I was thinking like a carradice barley bag would set right on the rack nicely...that riv bag is too small.

Last time we rode we stopped and got snacks and for the first time in my entire life I didn't have a bag big enough to hold a drink and snack...(I have the carradice roll on my Globe)...DH had to carry mine in his banana bag....our friends of course have a pannier each.

i'm gettin right sick of lyin' here...that's a good sign!!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Oh, Elk, I see, you want a bag to hold lunch and sweaters and stuff...banana bag too small for that.
Yes the Barley bag is GREAT- I don't have one but I have seen one and examined it in my hands- very NICE. I love the military green too. It's not small but it's also not beastly huge- a perfect size for lots of everyday stuff and errands. The side pockets are very handy for things like cell phones and cigarettes. (just kidding!)

About the riding through winter thing-
DH and I were real happy last weekend there was a gorgeous sunny breezy day that started around 30 degreesF and warmed up to 45 mid afternoon.
We went to breakfast on our bikes before our 30 mile ride, and people kept saying ARE YOU NUTS??? Even cyclists we have riddne with were saying ARE YOU CRAZY?!? We just laughed at them all and had a wonderful sunny crisp refreshing ride, all snug in our multiple thin merino wool layers and feeling toasty and fabulous. Merino wool on our heads, necks, hands, tops, arms, legs, feet....snuggly soft wool that was SO comfy and breathable. Good for riding a few hours out in as low as to 25F or so for us. (And that's wimpy by some other people's standards!) So long as the roads are clear, we are out there riding most of the winter. Freezing rain we definitely stop us though- for that day.
Once you buy some real wool you better get rid of your anti-weeniedom saying, or you'll be kicked out of the Wool Weenies thread!

[mimitabby]

Lisa, not to continue drifting this thread; you are riding hills when it is very cold. Don't you get all sweaty? (I do!) and I always wear wool base layers when it's below 50 out.

[coyote]

Hey elk,
Gorgeous bike. I was looking at the Aurora earlier this year and fell in love with it. It was on back order and I just could not wait.

I've totally got bike envy! Oh, well.

Enjoy!

-Mary

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Lisa, not to continue drifting this thread; you are riding hills when it is very cold. Don't you get all sweaty? (I do!) and I always wear wool base layers when it's below 50 out.

I don't sweat very much when it's below 40. I also find if I wear mostly all wool it breathes a lot so after grinding up a long steep hill and getting overheated, I then zoom down the other side and am nice and cool again!

In general I find I do best when I wear extra wool layers on my legs, feet, hands, and neck, but I'll wear one layer less than what I am tempted to wear on my torso and arms- those places overheat more quickly. My hands, feet, neck, and legs get colder more quickly, so I really layer those parts up more. If those parts are nice and warm, then I stay warmer all over and can afford to wear more breathable stuff on my torso and arms. That works well for me.