My New Luna Bike!!

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Congratulations on your new baby! You don't have to send them to college and if you spoil them rotten they are good to you.

Very classy.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Finally as a guy, I gotta say you need a smaller bag

Never! Step a-w-a-y from my Little Joe!



Madscot- you come to terms with little scratches and dings because it shows that it's a well loved and used machine (just like my beloved banjos with little dings and smudges). It's like how wrinkles give you character! Many models with flawless faces tend to look like they have no personality, cold and empty.

[KnottedYet]

Madscot- you come to terms with little scratches and dings because it shows that it's a well loved and used machine (just like my beloved banjos with little dings and smudges). It's like how wrinkles give you character! Many models with flawless faces tend to look like they have no personality, cold and empty.

Ok, maybe I can use that to come to terms with my bike boo-boos.
That ding where I whacked my chainstay with the pedal wrench? Character, baby, it's added character.

Feng Shui or Wang Chung or Wabi Sabi or whatever it's called.

[DDH]

beautiful bike Lisa. Congratulations. Do you name your bikes? If so whats her name?

[bambu101]

Beautiful! She looks like a lovely buttercup color, like the wildflowers that grow in New England.

Congratulations!

[tulip]

Lisa, your description of your ride is great. You describe very much how I feel on my Luna--as it (her) being an extension of me, or I of it (her). It's the first bike that I've ridden that I really feel like part of the machine, not perched on it, not fighting it.

My Luna is a persimmon-orange-red, and I named her Carmen Bacana (bacana means "cool" in Brazilian Portuguese), but I usually just call her Luna (sometimes Luanne when I've had a few!)

Congratulations on a beautiful ride made by a beautiful woman with a couple of beautiful dogs helping her out!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Lisa, your description of your ride is great. You describe very much how I feel on my Luna--as it (her) being an extension of me, or I of it (her). It's the first bike that I've ridden that I really feel like part of the machine, not perched on it, not fighting it.

My Luna is a persimmon-orange-red, and I named her Carmen Bacana (bacana means "cool" in Brazilian Portuguese), but I usually just call her Luna (sometimes Luanne when I've had a few!)

I suppose it will take me a while to find the right name for my bike- it is a girl bike though, so that narrows it down some.

Isn't your Carmen persimmon-red Luna pictured on the Luna website gallery? Post a link here so we can all admire it! It's HOT!!!!

I have tried smaller saddlebags but have found I just can't make everything fit....sturdycable&lock, tube, small pump, patch kit, a couple of tools, extra wool shirt or a wind vest, wool glove liners (the weather quickly changes here and suddenly get cold or windy), snack for long rides, emergency bungee cord and a few bandages, a bandana, roadmap, ID and money, cellphone.....sigh. We ride typically 2-4 hour (sometimes up to 8 hour) rides in mostly rural areas so there is little chance of being near a gas station when you need any assistance. I need to be self-sufficient if a problem occurs when I'm out there in the middle of nowhere on a wooded road alone. If I was just riding up and down paved main roads dotted with stores I wouldn't need to bring much. Hey at least I don't have to pack any hair curlers!

[7rider]

.. and there was no dramatic orgasmic "Oh My God this bike is incredible!" revelation like some people have. But by the last five miles I just started feeling very natural on it and I felt connected to it.

I can see that. When you go from one high-quality, well made bicycle to another high-quality well made - and custom - bicycle...I would not be surprised at your statement. I felt the same way going from my stock Seven to my custom Seven. Improved fit...different ride, and yeah...better "connection" to the bike.

And, Mr. SR500...you are SUCH a guy! I was heavily influenced by guys at the start of my riding (even the women who influenced me were more "guy like" in their habits/styles), and consequently, I .. um.. travel light. Tiny Pedros bag. But 90% of the other women I see out there have great big honkin' saddle bags. Like they're going on an expedition. It's a girl thing.

[tulip]

Isn't your Carmen persimmon-red Luna pictured on the Luna website gallery? Post a link here so we can all admire it! It's HOT!!!!

Last time I looked, Margo still had it in the Photo Gallery of her website (www.lunacycles.com) way down at the bottom (I bought it in 2005). Yeah, she's hot; took a while for me to feel like I could keep up.

EDIT: I just looked at the photo gallery. ALL those bikes are hot! Love the simple single speeds.

[Starfish]

Lisa, that is a gorgeous, classic bike. LOVE the bee!!

It's a girl thing.

I dunno. I think it might be a personality type thing. My ex-husband always rode with a full trunk rack...he wanted to be uber-prepared for anything. But then, that was how he travelled in a car, too. Me, I can dash off for a long road trip with just a toothbrush. That said, my bike bag is not super big, not super small. I think it is a personality thing.

Lisa, again...gorgeous bike.

[GLC1968]

I always feel a bit like I am riding on top of this great machine. This bike feels more like I am connected to it and I feel in control of it more.

I felt this exact same feeling when I went from both of my first two bikes to my current bike. Mine's not custom, but because I finally got a good fit, I'm amazed how I went from feeling like I was riding a machine to feeling like the machine was connected to me. I never could explain it right and I think you just did!

Congrats! (and it does get better with each and every ride!)

I dunno. I think it might be a personality type thing. My ex-husband always rode with a full trunk rack...he wanted to be uber-prepared for anything. But then, that was how he travelled in a car, too. Me, I can dash off for a long road trip with just a toothbrush. That said, my bike bag is not super big, not super small. I think it is a personality thing.

Ditto. MY DH does the same thing and I much prefer to travel light...especially on the bike!

[Aggie_Ama]

Lisa- Get your DH to take some action shots!!

My saddle bag is a mountain wedge, carries a tube, tire levers, CO2, tampon, small thing of sunscreen, eye drops and a tiny bottle of Aleve. My jersey pockets have cell phone, wallet and food stuff now plus arm warmers in the cooler months. DH is too proud to put one on his bike and carries everything in his jersey pockets. For a while my bike was nekkid (no bag) and looked great but I looked like a pack mule! I can't carry a big bag cause my bike is so tiny, I am going to have to find a handlebar bag before I ride the mountains this fall.

[Mr. SR500]

I can see that. When you go from one high-quality, well made bicycle to another high-quality well made - and custom - bicycle...I would not be surprised at your statement. I felt the same way going from my stock Seven to my custom Seven. Improved fit...different ride, and yeah...better "connection" to the bike.

And, Mr. SR500...you are SUCH a guy! I was heavily influenced by guys at the start of my riding (even the women who influenced me were more "guy like" in their habits/styles), and consequently, I .. um.. travel light. Tiny Pedros bag. But 90% of the other women I see out there have great big honkin' saddle bags. Like they're going on an expedition. It's a girl thing.

Fair enough I use a little 25 cu in bag, and gave Kim a 50 for her new bike. Several of the guys I ride with go bag free and just stuff things into their jersey pockets, but I've also seen some handlebar bags - on womens bike, so maybe a girls thing. So far I've been good to go with my little bag: spare tube, mini-tool, patch kit, CO2 w/2 cartridges, tire lever, and a little cash. I carry my phone, food, and keys in my pocket.

[VeloVT]

I wish I could manage a super small bag. I can pack everything I need into a 45ci bag if I have to, but not much smaller (and I'm more comfortable with the large TImbuk2 bag which is something more like 80ci ). Guess I'll just have to keep working on it...

[bean fidhleir]

Beautiful bike! Now let's hope your Riv doesn't get the displacement mopes.