going up
I learned to ride up stairs last night.
Well, "learn" might be too strong a word. I decided I wasn't too chicken to try, thus discovering I could do it.
(My playground. Also the front of the building in which I work.)...
Two Fridays ago I broke my Paragon. A crack half way around the seat tube just above the top tube weld (and when I say crack I mean a crevice wide enough to see seat post through). That's right where everyone told me the frame would break.
Frustrated (and emotionally blinded), I went right to the internet and pulled the trigger on a 2010 Superfly. It looks like this:
The frame had been built up, but not ridden. I love eBay.
Anyway, the new ride is (the frame is the only difference) is 470 grams leaner and probably orders of magnitude faster. I mean, GF did a fine job on that paint. And you know black, red, white is going to be way faster than the light blue of the '08 Paragons. I mean, you just know it.
The setup you see here plus a saddle bag with tube and multi-tool weighed in at 25.5 lbs on Merv's digital scale.
This bike makes me very happy.
...
Warrantied the Paragon at Gettysburg Bicycle. We'll see what Trek sends me.
Two Fridays ago I broke my Paragon. A crack half way around the seat tube just above the top tube weld (and when I say crack I mean a crevice wide enough to see seat post through). That's right where everyone told me the frame would break.
Frustrated (and emotionally blinded), I went right to the internet and pulled the trigger on a 2010 Superfly. It looks like this:
The frame had been built up, but not ridden. I love eBay.
Anyway, the new ride is (the frame is the only difference) is 470 grams leaner and probably orders of magnitude faster. I mean, GF did a fine job on that paint. And you know black, red, white is going to be way faster than the light blue of the '08 Paragons. I mean, you just know it.
The setup you see here plus a saddle bag with tube and multi-tool weighed in at 25.5 lbs on Merv's digital scale.
This bike makes me very happy.
...
Warrantied the Paragon at Gettysburg Bicycle. We'll see what Trek sends me.
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