I got a new bike!!

[Rebekah H]

This is my girl! She needs a name, but I need to ride her a bit more to get to know her better. I got the 53cm, the stock seat was a little cheesy and I'm still loving my Terry Butterfly, so we changed that out, it comes with Sora components and I'm hoping to upgrade those to at least 105 in the next year or so. Switching from riding a mountain bike and shifting on flat bars was a little odd for the first couple of miles, but by mile 12 today, I was riding comfortably in the drops. Turns out, my husband sets his bikes up so that you're practically trying to kiss your toes while you ride (he likes it that way) and the positioning of riding in the drops was like riding an upright cruiser after being broken in by DH's bike!

The white handlebar tape will have to go because BLECH. It's pretty, but already dirty! I'll be replacing the wheels eventually as well because the black and red spokes are too boyish for this girly girl.

I went to The Bike Path in Mandeville, LA and the guys there were AWESOME. My husband came with me and they never talked to him unless they were making small talk/being polite. Love them. They worked on dialing in my fit but I didn't worry too much about it being perfect because I don't know what perfect is yet for me + a road bike and my hubs loves wrenching bikes so I have an in-house mechanic.

I can't wait to deck it out in all things Celeste!