Legolas Photos

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

So Veronica,
Now that you've ridden your Legolas for a bit, are there any new comments you have about it?

Your favorite things about? Not-so-favorite things? Would you change anything if you ordered it again now, knowing what you do now?

And how have your other bikes shifted in their usability for you now that Legolas is there?

Did you ever pick a name? (didn't like Arrow?) Maybe just Legolas is enough?

More info please!

[Veronica]

Funny, I've been staying off TE - it's a time sump. But I'm drinking my cranberry, raspberry, oj juice concotion after a date with Coach Troy - Hillacious and saw your question.

So - I've had some problems with the front derailleur. It was throwing to the outside when I would shift from the small ring to the big ring, going downhill and with the rear derailleur in the middle of the cluster. With the triple I could recover from such a thing by pedaling backwards - that doesn't seem to work with a double.

Saturday I discovered while riding that the bolt clamping the front derailleur to the frame wasn't tight. I had shifted from the big ring to the small and the chain bound up between the derailleur and the big ring and I couldn't get it out. It's amazing how quickly you stop when your drive train is jammed. I ended up taking the rear wheel off to get enough slack in the chain to ease it out. I rode home very carefully, put the bike up in the rack and Thom discovered that the bolt was loose. He snapped the bolt when he was tightening it with a torque wrench. Saturday was an interesting day.

I've gotten use to the gear ratio on the double. I'm amazed by hills that I can ride up in the big ring. I have a 48 -36 - 24 on Fluffy and a 46 - 33 on the Legoas, who is still nameless.

I've been riding the Legolas a lot and now the saddle on Fluffy feels a little odd. I've been having subtle saddle issues since my Nova Scotia trip. The saddle I took to NS got a bit wet and one of the rivets pokes out after a while. You should have seen the sore I had after the Mt. Tam double! The saddle on Fluffy now is the one from the tandem, which is shaped for me to ride in a more upright position, since that's how I rode on the tandem. The saddle on the Legolas is a new Brooks Finesse and is shaping itself nicely to me. I may try flipping back to the pokey saddle again on Fluffy.

I've ridden Fluffy twice since I got the new bike. Once outside and I finally got my butt back on the trainer today. Trainer rides are a more focused workout for me, which is what I need to be doing now. Although it was a beautiful day when I got home...

I've got almost 275 miles on the Legolas in the month I've had it. At this point I wouldn't change anything.

Juice is gone. Time for me to log off.

V.