You get a lot for a little with this bicycle, a comfy suspension seat post and saddle, wide range gearing for easy pedaling, and good looking too!
It’s a loaner, until mine comes in. Easy bike to ride, though this one is a couple of inches too big. The gearing is low, so climbs are manageable, but descents are a freewheeling experience: my legs don’t go fast enough to pedal once this thing gets upwards of 20 mph. But the brakes are excellent, so I’ll take that compromise.
At almost 30 pounds, it’s a far cry from the skeletal contraptions the world’s best athletes are riding through the Pyrenees.
<update> turns out I don’t have a loaner. The guy at the shop wants it back, and he can’t order the new one yet (he doesn’t have enough credit this cycle and I can’t pay up front for it).
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