Loving my bike...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Well, I've had quite a little 'journey' in getting familiar with my new Luna custom bike after it arrived a couple months ago...

First, I had a nasty head cold/ailment when it arrived in early Spring. I couldn't ride anything at the moment. I tried, but was having lots of trouble trouble with learning the gearing (going from bar end shifters to brifters). Couldn't get the hang of it at all.

Then came a week of freezing rain and slush. No biking.

Right when the weather turned nice, I injured my hip while roller skating and that put me totally out of commission for 3 weeks. Could barely limp around and terrible pain.

Then my hip got better, and the weather was good!...
Started riding it, but was having trouble with the shifting- kept dropping my chain no matter what I did.
We had to do a LOT of little test rides combined with many minute derailleur adjustments- that took a couple more days of endless adjusting, testriding, and re-adjusting.

Finally, we seemed to hit the magic sweet spot for the shifting smoothness!

Then immediately a week of rainstorms hit.

FINALLY, 2 months after the bike had arrived, the shifting/my health/the weather have all come together, the stars have aligned properly, and I can at last get a feel for how the bike fits me. Yikes but that took a long time! I managed to get like 3 good longer rides on it and everything is humming along, purring like a kitten.

Anyhow, I rode 20 miles today and the bike felt just wonderful. I can now truly say that I LOVE my new bike. It's sweet.
I feel better weight balanced on it, and it feels like I am connected to the machine as opposed to just riding on top of it. I no longer feel like my weight is too far forward on my hands as with my longer top tube bike. I am comfortable in all the various hand positions on the bars- tops, hoods, drops. Plus, I can actually get a firm wrap-around grip on my brakes- a real delight!

It's a honey.



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