OMG - my Ruby is ready already!

[Running Mommy]

Not to throw water on the parade, but did anyone see the pic of the S works broken in two from the TOC? I think it was a Gerosteiner (sp?)rider.
It was pretty gnarly! Of course since I just bought a CF bike it kind of freaked me out!
The picture was floating around on the slowtwitch forum under a thread called "specialized catastrophe".. All I can say is it must have been one GNARLY crash!

[Susie]

I finally had time to take some photos this weekend (after a 50 mile ride yesterday) of my new Ruby Pro. I have to say that I can see the carbon strips through the paint and clear coat finish, but I just can't get any photos that show the detail at all.

Cheers and is anyone out there going to ride Solvang next weekend?

Susie

[Jo-n-NY]

The Ruby Pro is one pretty bike. Wishing you much luck with it Susie. I love seeing pics.

Cali, thank you for all the info now and in the past. I am hoping to ride 3 centuries this year the first one is May 21st then one in August and the last in Oct. Between them and my regular cycling, I might look into getting one next year. You do so much more riding than I am able to do so I feel you "deserve" it. If I pass 2000 miles on my bike this year I might feel I deserve one also. That probably sounds silly, but that is just me. On the upside I did make 1800 miles this year and my outdoor cycling ended on Labor Day because of fracturing my shoulder, so I was almost at 2000.

~ JoAnn

[caligurl]

joann... anyone can "deserve" a new, pretty bike! we each have our own goals and aspirations!!! i think you or anyone else can "deserve" (and "earn" a new bike!) heck... did i REALLY need a dura-ace bike? uhm.. NO! but i wanted it... (hubby really wanted me to wait til i had been riding longer..especially since he was jokingly calling me "crash" for a while! but in the end didn't argue or even try to sway me to one bike or another when i was looking! he let me choose what i wanted all the way!) don't sell yourself short! if you want a new bike.... then get one and don't feel guilty about it! cuz we all deserve nice things.. nice bikes!

[caligurl]

susie... is your bike "flat"? or is it the way the picture is taken? mine is shiny.. but the pictures of the one taken at interbike looks flat.. like yours... and i was upset that mine is shiny since the only real life pic i had seen up til getting mine was what looked like flat paint!! did they change the paint on the second batch of pros?

[Jo-n-NY]

Cali, you are so sweet. Your posts always make me smile, I love your outlook on everything.

~ JoAnn

[Trekhawk]

joann... anyone can "deserve" a new, pretty bike! we each have our own goals and aspirations!!! i think you or anyone else can "deserve" (and "earn" a new bike!) heck... did i REALLY need a dura-ace bike? uhm.. NO! but i wanted it... (hubby really wanted me to wait til i had been riding longer..especially since he was jokingly calling me "crash" for a while! but in the end didn't argue or even try to sway me to one bike or another when i was looking! he let me choose what i wanted all the way!) don't sell yourself short! if you want a new bike.... then get one and don't feel guilty about it! cuz we all deserve nice things.. nice bikes!

Caligurl is 100% right. When I first started looking at bikes with my DH I kept saying Oh I cant have that because Im only new and I would look silly on a nice bike when I ride so slow. My husband just shook his head and said what a load of c*ap. You ride so you are a cyclist and speed or miles does not qualify or disqualify you from having a nice bike. I still ride slow but I ride whenever I can and when I get that next bike I will buy what I love no matter how fast or far I go.

[Susie]

Caligirl -- mine is shiny. It's just hard to capture in photos. I saw a matte finished Ruby (the "flat" one) at the Specialized reception in San Jose during the Tour of California. I really like the shiny one better. You can see the carbon through the finish and, frankly, the matte finish I saw was really dull and all scratched up.

I completely agree with your post above. Did I really need to put Campy Record on the bike -- hell no. But I decided that I'd deck it out all the same. If I didn't, I'd spend the next couple of years dreaming about all of the things that I'd like on the bike and probably start piecing it together. BTW -- we weighted it at the LBS on Saturday and it came in just under 16 pounds. Now if I could only lose 10-15 pounds, I should be able to climb a bit better ...

Susie

[caligurl]

lol! ok... i fell better now that i know i didn't get "screwed" by betting a first batch bike! and that it seems they all are shiney!