First Real Bike

After months of thinking it over and constantly changing my mind, I finally took the leap and bought my first real road bike yesterday, a Trek 1.2. The last road bike I had was a blue huffy 10 speed that I put red foam grips on. With the added weight of my basket for my paper route, it must have weighed 35-40 lbs. The Trek comes in at a slender 25 or so.

I took it for my first ride today since it was too dark by the time I got home yesterday after getting fit by the shop. I got all of a little over a mile on it. My legs burn and I was pretty sweaty.

I had a hell of a time trying to get my feet into the straps on the pedals. I managed to get my left foot in, but not the right. I stopped about halfway out to fix the straps and I still couldn't get them to work. I plan on trying again later today I hope. I still managed to get up to around 25mph on my street coming home. And I was keeping an eye on the computer to keep my cadence around 90 or so. (I got the Cateye Astrale 8 computer with the bike)

And as for the shop, I highly recommend them. Peddler's Shop in Deptford. http://www.pscycles.com The salesman that helped me was Eric, a young skinny guy who didn't treat me funny because of my large girth. I told him I wanted a road bike and he took his time to explain the differences between a couple I was interested in. All in all a great experience, plus I get 10 years of tuneups, free installation of any accessories I buy there, and free flat service. If I get a flat, I pay for the tube and they install it. Sweet deal.