sneak preview...

[alpinerabbit]

so exciting, but also sad: I'm saying farewell to my first best friend on the roads.
Fred is leaving my home soon to make room for Fred II (haven't decided on a name yet);

look: just the hubs....

[rij73]

I know it's hard to say goodbye, but having a new bike will take the sting out. You are such a tease only showing us the hub!

[Tri Girl]

A new Fred?
MORE, MORE, MORE pictures NOW!


You know we all want to drool over your new ride.

[alpinerabbit]

As a post-bike fair freebie, he threw in a set of Campagnolo clothes worth about 300$ - bib shorts with a cool pad that has air chambers under the sit bone and a windproof long sleeve jacket
(both yellow of course, to match the bike)

[Too bad I just switched to Shimano]


Imma pick it up in a week or so and take the saddle with me to Mallorca to break in. It's a Fizik Aliante. Hope it works for me. I'll keep my cheapo from Fred just in case.

[Tri Girl]

Whoooot wooooooo!!!!! Wow- what a beauty!
Pretty, pretty bike (can Fred's be pretty?).
Cool about the free duds, too. Campy, Shimano- it's all good. Congrats on your new ride.

[rij73]

So is that the Roy Hinnen you tried at the fair? It's BEAUTIFUL! I love the way he uses the color. I want specs... (such a bike nerd, LOL)

What is it's weight?
Is that Ultegra-SL?
What wheels?

[alpinerabbit]

I brought Rosita home today.....

she felt responsive but stable on the 1K ride to the station. And she is light.... under 8 kg. that's over 1K lighter than Fred.




Now it doesn't look like I'm sitting on it much different from Fred - but it feels different. I'm shifting on the bottom pic - makes me look even more stretched out.


now an even sneakier preview - how it might look with an aerobar. What do the tri girls say to that?

[rij73]

Rosita is beautiful! Such a different geometry from Fred. She is also stunning...