Bike Friday Twins

[Sylvia]

Amazing that you both ended up with the same color. Somethings are just meant to be.

How is your husband enjoying the Capreo setup?

[Tri Girl]

What luck! I think it's a match made in heaven.

Interesting what you said about the gearing on your BF. I know they say it's geared appropriately for the smaller wheels, but I'm finding the *same* issue with mine (sometimes I don't have a hard enough gear, but I have plenty low enough gears). I may try to change out the front chainring and see if that helps. I'm FAR slower on my Friday than my road bike, even tho everyone else says that I shouldn't be... glad to know I'm not the only one.

[malkin]

Good for you!
Going green for Earth Day!

[featuretile]

I took my BF out for a real test ride of about 13 miles with some big hills and a long flat stretch to see how it would perform with the new 56/42 front chainrings. (I still have low gears because my rear cassette is 11-32.) It is so much better! The bike just seems more peppy. I was no longer pedaling air in the high gear. It still has one gear lower than my road bike, so went up hills just fine. It's about 1 - 1 1/2 gears lower in the high range than my road bike, but still acceptable. Instead of topping out in the flats at 11-13mph, I was comfortably riding 13-15mph. That was fast enough to not feel like a slug. So, now I have my bike Friday all fixed.