RolliePollie gets a NEW RIDE!

[RolliePollie]

She's gorgeous! What's her name?

Well, I'm not sure if I'll give her an official name. I always call my old bike "Bike" or "Bikey", but her unofficial name is Blue Thunder (Blue because she's blue, Thunder in honor of my Thunder Thighs ). My first thought for this bike was that the silver and blue accents are my alma mater's colors, and we were the Wolf Pack (Univ. of Nevada, Reno). So I could call her Wolfie. But that just doesn't seem to fit her. Yesterday when I was talking to her about the flat tire, I just called her Bike. But I guess she deserves something more original than that.

[maillotpois]

Beautiful bike! Congrats to you.

[kjay]

She is drop-dead stunning! Thanks for posting your photos.

[silver]

Oh!! Lovely!!! And she has SILVER on her!!!! Enjoy! I've got over 10,000 miles on my Madone and I still Love him!!!! I hope that you have many happy miles on yours too!

[spindizzy]

That is one sweet bike. You'll be able to spend lots of $$$ accessorizing her.
Congratulations!

[deeaimond]

wow! that is a brilliant colour combo!! I didn't notice the blue until u mentioned it though, my bad. Happy Riding to you two!!

[Aggie_Ama]

I think you need some Purely Custom bar ends to replace those red Bontrager ones.

[RolliePollie]

I think you need some Purely Custom bar ends to replace those red Bontrager ones.

Purely Custom scares me because I look at all their cool stuff and feel as though I'm losing all self control...

[Aggie_Ama]

Purely Custom scares me because I look at all their cool stuff and feel as though I'm losing all self control...

lol! I got the same thought with the headset. In fact I haven't ordered it yet because I might want bar ends instead or grips or.....

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

My first thought for this bike was that the silver and blue accents are my alma mater's colors, and we were the Wolf Pack (Univ. of Nevada, Reno). So I could call her Wolfie. But that just doesn't seem to fit her. Yesterday when I was talking to her about the flat tire, I just called her Bike. But I guess she deserves something more original than that.

Well what about White Wolf? Sort of Native American sounding.
She's so sleek and pearly!

You must have pinched the tube when you switched tires.

[RolliePollie]

I am officially in love with this bike!

Thank you everyone for your compliments!!! I took her down to Sacramento this afternoon and did about 30 miles on the bike trail. She is FAST!!! I don't have a computer for her yet, but the friend I was riding with stopped to rest at mile 20 while I went on and did another 10. He said it took me 30 minutes. That's at least 2-3 mph faster that I would've been on my old bike. Woo hoo!

I think the fit must be really good because nothing out of the ordinary was hurting today. So I'm really happy about that. The only real problem so far is that my left thigh rubs the brake cable. Since the frame is shaped and not round, the cable goes around a wide part and sticks out farther than on my old bike. My thighs are big, but it doesn't seem like it should be hitting so bad. It's going to rub a hole in my skin! Or my tights. Losing weight would be the better solution, but I'll see what my LBS can do about it.

And...no flats today! It was one of those bleeping goathead thorns. Man, those things are so nasty. How rude of one of them to jump up and puncture my tube yesterday. Makes me hate them that much more!

Name is still pending...maybe Blanca? Or Bianca? But that's too close to Bianchi. I don't know...maybe just Bike

[7rider]

When I was young, I was baby sat for neighbors from Quebec. They had a beautiful white Samoyed dog named Petit Loup (Little Wolf). They pronounced it "Tee Lou". This bike could be your Petit Loup!
Beautiful bike, by the way. Enjoy!

[tprevost]

Gorgeous!!!!! May you enjoy many happy miles!!!

[Misandal]

RolliePollie,

Congratulations on the new bike! I've got the very same model, and after 2500+ miles, she's still a great ride! I'm sure you'll have many great adventures together.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

When I was young, I was baby sat for neighbors from Quebec. They had a beautiful white Samoyed dog named Petit Loup (Little Wolf). They pronounced it "Tee Lou". This bike could be your Petit Loup!
Beautiful bike, by the way. Enjoy!

Ooooh....I really LIKE that.