New Bike Pics!

[Catrin]

I am using blue accessories, along with a little white and black I found some delightful blue/black bar tape to use and my LBS will have it on my bike before they return it to me.

As it turned out the brake levers were the wrong ones, they were for a much larger bike and were NOT compact at all as they were supposed to be, and the bars that came with my bike were too wide for me - so both are being replaced I hope to bring him home this weekend and go try riding him again!

[kmehrzad]

As it turned out the brake levers were the wrong ones, they were for a much larger bike and were NOT compact at all as they were supposed to be, and the bars that came with my bike were too wide for me - so both are being replaced I hope to bring him home this weekend and go try riding him again!

Beautiful bike, Catrin.

About the brake levers, my hands are small and on some of my bikes, I've felt uncomfortable applying the brakes. On my Specialized Ruby, the LBS put shims in the levers, which helped tremendously. However, that's not an option on some of my other bikes' levers. On my single speed Scattante, I had in-line brakes added, which was a good fix. If you're still having problems reaching the brakes properly, ask about shims.

[Catrin]

Beautiful bike, Catrin.

About the brake levers, my hands are small and on some of my bikes, I've felt uncomfortable applying the brakes. On my Specialized Ruby, the LBS put shims in the levers, which helped tremendously. However, that's not an option on some of my other bikes' levers. On my single speed Scattante, I had in-line brakes added, which was a good fix. If you're still having problems reaching the brakes properly, ask about shims.

Thanks - though I am hoping that having the right size levers will take care of the problem My fitter (a very tall/large man) said that the levers on my LHT would have been hard for HIM - which was the double whammy for my hands since the bars were also too wide - so that made me feel better.

[Red Rock]

Catrin- Congrats on your new LHT. What an awsome set of wheels. I'm sure you'll have a great time once you get all of the bugs worked out of it. Happy riding.

Red Rock

[Catrin]

Catrin- Congrats on your new LHT. What an awsome set of wheels. I'm sure you'll have a great time once you get all of the bugs worked out of it. Happy riding.

Red Rock

I am sure I will...though I don't know when he gets to come home. They just got the final parts this morning and now it is a question of my fitter having time to install the parts - hopefully I get it this weekend. The important part is that they install things properly and hopefully that problem is solved

However, that gives me more time to take Stella to the country roads this afternoon - and that is going to be fun