New bike

[snapdragen]

It's nice. The orange bar tape is very cool.

Veronica

Tease.

[Catrin]

Tease.

Yes, we want to see pictures NOW

Hope you had a good ride today!

[jobob]

Sorry for the delay, I was passed out on the couch for a while ...

Here's V's nice new ride




And, drumroll ...


It's here! It's here!



Oh boy oh boy



mp & V looking it over



Happy owner



Oooh so clean!

[maillotpois]

Thanks, Jo! I will post some close up nice pics tomorrow, but we were too busy rushing around and making up for ditching the kid all day to go ride....

We picked up the bike so late last night I did not ride it at all, not even around the block. So it was a huge leap of faith to take a brand new bike on a 70 mile ride with some extended climbs, but the bike was AMAZING. Snappy, light, responsive. It just wants to GO. I was a bit nervous about the compact gearing, but it really was great, and I have the nice IRD dinner plate cassette on back (well, ok, a dessert plate). I suspect with any gearing you'd want a little easier gear at the top wall of Diablo, but honestly the rest of the time was fine. And I didn't miss the in between gears you lose with the compact at all. So DH will not be trading me his triple for the new Record 11 stuff (that was our backup plan if I didn't like this). The new Record shifts so snappy and smooth.

Great job on the ride, BTW. And nice to see Thom and V.

[redrhodie]

Wow! Gorgeous new bikes! Glad the ride was great! Many more happy miles to you!

[roguedog]

Oooh.. nice. Thanks, Jobob!

We need some glamour shots though so we can truly drool.

I've heard Dario does amazing things w/ alum; that while it's retained the weight of alum, he's given it many of the ride qualities of steel. And that this bike is a "rocket." It's built to GO. Should be stiff and fast but still somewhat chatterless and smooth.

How did you feel at the end of the ride? Would you say it's an all day rider?

And what's the IRD cassette size on there? Looks like it's respectively normal enough to still keep the record rear der. 13-29 or something?

[maillotpois]

It is a 12 - 30 cassette actually. Works fine with the compact double derailleur. And while being fast and responsive, it is definitely an all day ride. We had a 70 miler with 6500 - 7000 feet of climbing over some rough roads and I was fine after. Definitely felt better than I have the last few long rides with my backup bike. I honestly cannot imagine carbon feeling as light and responsive as this.

Here are some glamor shots:

Front head tube badge:



I love the headset picking up the bit of orange in the frame:



White!



Carbon is good; Record is better:



I was afraid the new Record shifters would be noticeably larger then the old ones, but they are not. And you can do a very cool aero position with them, bracing the palm of your hand on the horn and leaning down on the bar. Very stable.

[jobob]

We picked up the bike so late last night I did not ride it at all, not even around the block. So it was a huge leap of faith to take a brand new bike on a 70 mile ride with some extended climbs, ...

You're kidding!!

That was one helluva ride for its maiden voyage. Very well done!

[jobob]

Great job on the ride, BTW.

Heh, prima donna hissy fit at the top of Morgan Territory notwithstanding ...

[snapdragen]

I'm sorry MP, that bike is just ugly. Send it to me, I'll take care of it for you. ***did she fall for it?**



Hissy fit? Did someone get cranky?

[jobob]

Hissy fit? Did someone get cranky?

[hijack]

Hoo, meee, cranky??

I was so freakin' whupped on the Morgan Territory climb that at the rest stop at the top of the climb I parked my bike and just sat for a bit. Then I started to get re-organized, but by then all I wanted was to just stop and be done with it; I was actually crying a bit at the thought of getting back on my bike(!!).

My poor coach (who is a stickler for taking very brief stops) then asked me if I was ready to go. At about that point I was ready to just pick up my goddamn bike and throw it over the fence. Instead, I threw the rest of the sandwich I was trying to force down.

Heh, I'm nothing if not a prima donna.

I then got back on said goddamn bike and continued on the ride. Fortunately for me, and for all concerned , it was practically all downhill from there, so I was feeling much better (physically and oh-so-emotionally) by the end of the ride.

[/hijack]

[maillotpois]

I'm sorry MP, that bike is just ugly. Send it to me, I'll take care of it for you. ***did she fall for it?**

You are such a crack up.

[jobob]

Here's a link to the gps trace of the maiden voyage of mp's lovely new ride.
This is the trace from my own gps, so please don't for a moment think that mp rode this as abysmally slowly as did I


I'd call it Trial by Fire, but it was more like Trial by Iceberg, it was freakin' freezing out ...

[roguedog]

[QUOTE=jobob;503076]Here's a link to the gps trace of the maiden voyage of mp's lovely new ride.
This is the trace from my own gps, so please don't for a moment think that mp rode this as abysmally slowly as did I


MP.. awesome build. And love the Edge fork (did you like the edge fork?). The Edge forks just look right w/ Pegs for some reason.

I hope you're overjoyed with it and that's it has somewhat lessened the bite of losing the Merckx.

I also agree re: w/ it riding better than carbon. Kris @ Above Category said he test rode the shop's Parlee and he couldn't wait to get back on his Marcelo. He just missed the ride.

Jobob - dude, don't even. I bow down to you both you guys for doing this ride. Looks more than respectable to me uh.. since I haven't done that much climbing in one ride.. EVER.

While you guys were doing that monster ride.. my butt was tootling along on the Cindy