my new luna!

[uforgot]

Oh,my, that is a beautiful bike and I am green with envy!

[Selkie]

When I first got my Luna back in 2005, it took me a few months to feel like it was okay for me to ride the bike...I just had this feeling that my Luna was too good for me, that I couldn't live up to it, that I wasn't a good enough rider (this from someone who has been riding seriously for 25 years and who is very comfortable on bikes).

But then I told myself to shut up and ride my bike. It's been great ever since and I have NO desire to get another road bike. I have gotten a Bike Friday since, but that's for travel.

Now a mountain bike or a 'cross bike...I might want to get one of those in the future, and they will be Lunas.

The pavement has to be dry, no rain/snow/etc on radar, for me to ride either my Eclipse or Orbit!

Tulip, you won't regret getting an Orbit when you're ready for another Luna.

I actually thought about having Margo build me an Una....but I live in Arlington "heights"----no shortage of hills (you can see Georgetown/DC from a vantage point a couple blocks from my house). However, making room for the Una would force me to find a new home for the beater bike!

[tulip]

If, I mean WHEN, I get an Orbit and/or a Loca, I will relish riding them in the mud! I want a Luna Una just because I love the name. But it would be good to have a single-speed, too, even though it's hilly here. The Una is so elegant and sleek.

So many Lunas...so little space in my house!

[moonfroggy]

yeah i am already trying to figure out how long it will take me to save up for a loca and i really want an una but not sure i live in a very suitable place for one. and i have a tiny house as well trying to find places to keep all these bikes? at least bikes that fit me are also tiny bikes! one of the benefits of being tres petite!

i also want to get a bike friday at some point but that will be when my youngest child is not a toddler. i don't get to travel much with a toddler.

i am so glad i spent the money and got my luna it was so scary for me to spend that much money on myself but soooo worth it! and i am so glad i got the rack painted to match and that i talked to margo about making sure it could have fenders! i am planning to get some hammered metal fenders in the next few months. i will be riding my luna in all seasons! we get so much rain here if i only road when it is dry i would only ride in summer and not always then.

[Catrin]

i waited about 5 years because i was afraid to spend the money and because i just didn't have the money. if i could have gotten it sooner i would have loved it and if you find a way to get one sooner i encourage you to do so! it is such a wonderful bike!

It is dangerous for me to go to Luna's site - then again I have no money right now after my LHT conversion so it can't really be considered a temptation... I would like an Orbit someday though

No more bikes though until I have at least a few thousand miles under my belt

[sooz]

Moonfroggy your bike is sweet, and the color extending to the rack is lovely--makes it look really custom.
I'm starting my 1st full season w/ my Luna Eclipse. i had no choice but to go custom (vertically challenged!--hey, my TT is 46.5 cm.!), but i wished i'd skipped the $$ carbon Trek that never ever fit me & which gave me misery over many parts of my anatomy, & ordered the Luna from the get go. This season I've already done a C & I'm doing 85 mi. Sat..& I love every minute. This bike 'disappears' under me. It's nimble, responsive, corners effortlessly (I can't believe how fast I take corners now, but I feel secure doing it), I can spend as much time in the drops as I want, i can do standing climbs if I want. At the end of the day there's no pain. anywhere. just a healthy fatigue. If you're, as a previous poster said, at either tail end of the bell curve for height, think about going custom. I hear fab things about Seven custom (& stock) bikes too...
Again, Moonfroggy,lovely bike, many happy rides on her...
Sooz

[runningcyclist]

Hi Moonfroggy, love your bike and the fact that it's a custom build. I wanted to ask what size the wheels were? I'm 4'11 and currently ride a Specialized Vita Elite but want a road bike later in the year. Due to my height and other measurements it's been suggested I get a bike with 650c wheels as that might well be a better 'fit' especially with the drops.

I can't afford custom build but it's on my wishlist for a few years' time.