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Very nice.
Those new Madones are pretty sweet.
Many happy miles with her.
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Thread: My Madone!
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06-10-2008, 06:49 PM #1
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My Madone!
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Here she is, and what a ride!
OMG, I love it SO much and I've only put 5km on her. LOL. I didn't truly feel the difference until I rode it on familiar roads. It is SO smooth I can't believe it and the acceleration is amazing. Then I had to test it on a hill. I didn't try the big one today because my legs are sore from my run on Sunday, but I rode it up the hill I often do repeats on. I usually slow down to 9.5-10 kmh near the end of that hill and today I was easily doing 14kmh all the way up. I had been worried about moving from my triple to a compact double but the lowest gear felt ok. I am anxious to try it on my 'ugly' hill and see how I do.
Anyway, here are a few pics - one clean, and one geared up. (PS Trek Madone 5.1)Last edited by kelownagirl; 06-10-2008 at 08:05 PM.
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06-10-2008, 06:51 PM #2
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06-10-2008, 06:52 PM #3
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Congrats KG... she's so pretty and fast too apparently.
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06-10-2008, 06:52 PM #4
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Uuuummmm...I like it! Very smooth looking. She beautiful!
Have fun riding...it sounds like you already are!
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06-10-2008, 07:19 PM #5
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very purty!!, congrats!
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06-10-2008, 07:42 PM #6
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beautiful! congratulations. I hope you have many wonderful miles with her. Named?
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06-10-2008, 07:54 PM #7
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Sweet!
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06-10-2008, 08:02 PM #8
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Wow, KG!!!! She's lovely!
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06-10-2008, 08:05 PM #9
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Oh I don't know what to name her! I have such trouble coming up with names. None of my other bikes have names either although I sometimes refer to ny Giant as Betsy for no apparent reason.
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06-10-2008, 08:18 PM #10
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She's so sexy and sleek... maybe after some starlet from the hey-day of the silver screen?
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06-10-2008, 08:22 PM #11
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I'm drooling with jealousy! She's beautiful and so sleek! Wow.
Madone translates into Madonna.... so you could go with "Mary", ... of course there's always "virgie"
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06-10-2008, 08:23 PM #12
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I thought about Madonna (Madone) but can't get the singer out of my head and I don't like her.
Edit: Jesvet med - I hadn't read your post beofre I said that. Funny!
Virgie????? Oh, Virgin Mary?Last edited by kelownagirl; 06-10-2008 at 08:27 PM.
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06-10-2008, 08:29 PM #13
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She reminds me of Veronica Lake.
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06-10-2008, 08:58 PM #14
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i am so jealous, there's a new madone right in the front of every issue of velo news and i've been lusting every time i see one. yours is my favorite so far (except the new tour de france issue has a yellow one thats awful purty).
did you know the new madone is not simply an upgrade, but a whole rebuild from the ground up.
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06-10-2008, 08:58 PM #15
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And then I also thought about the name Gwendolyn which was my D&D character's name. I've always loved that name.
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