Quote Originally Posted by Veronica View Post
Someone decided I needed a race bike. I had no idea he had ordered it until it showed up yesterday. And then I totally dropped him on the last climb of yesterday's ride.

I'm taking it up Diablo tomorrow, just to the Junction. It will be interesting to see how I feel doing it with a standard compact double and no mountain rear cassette. My Rivendell Legolas has a 46-33 in the front and 11 - 34 in the back. The Cervelo is a 50-34 and a 12 - 25 in the back. That means I've lost all my little gears. When I'm in the 34 - 25, it's comparable to being in the 46 - 34. Not that I've ever ridden in that gear, 'cause I'd be seriously cross chained.

Veronica
It took me awhile to get used to the 50/34 & 12-25 on my Cervelo. I'll have the bike a year, in May...and I still have trouble getting up some hills (and we don't even really have "hills" here in flatland IL!). If I end up keeping my Cervelo, I may have to think about getting an 11-28 rear cassette to give me a few more lower gears for climbing...as I have seriously used the 34/25 combination (GASP!) on several occasions.