Collected New Bike Today

[JohnnyRoyal]

This morning I picked up my first brand new road bike! It is a Giant Defy 1 Disc(don't ban me for having discs on a road bike)
The bike is lovely and I am very pleased with it. After I left my LBS I went for a quick spin! Only around 15 miles. However the ride gave me a great big smile! I even got home before I and the washing got drenched, Mrs W will be pleased about the washing

I did find the postion a little more different than riding my usual Boardman Hybrid, which I will still use to commute on. It getting used to riding on the hoods/drops and using the brakes and changing gear. I am sure I will get used after a few more rides.

So I am now a very rider and looking forward to some longer rides in the sun and smashing the Liphook Sportive in August.

Happy riding
John

 

[rowdin]

Nice looking bike.

 

[Garry A]

That's a nice bike.

 

[User33236]

Nice bike! (And I have no problem with discs on a road bike ) Good luck on keeping the white bar tape clean though

 

[BorderReiver]

Baby wipes are the answer for white bar tape. Actually black bar tape is the answer but baby wipes are a temporary solution!

 

[13 rider]

Nice bike from another Defy owner . Nothing wrong with disc drakes

 

[Mrs M]

Very smart

 

[Lilliburlero]

Nice bike

Enjoy

 

[Smokin Joe]

Lovely bike. Disc brakes look so much better than calipers.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Discs on road bikes

 

[wisdom]

Nice very nice i have a defy 3 cannot fault it in any way at all.

 

[midlife]

I like the colour, very old school Falcon / Viking

Shaun

 

[Smokin Joe]

I like the colour, very old school Falcon / Viking

Shaun

The fact that it is not black raises the desirability by a factor of ten.

 

[Dogtrousers]

A friend of mine has a bike with white bar tape and a white saddle. I did a bit of work on it for her and when I'd done I saw I'd put a big oily paw print on the tape. So I cleaned it thoroughly. But the clean patch showed up the rest of it, so I cleaned the whole side. Now one side of the bar tape was clean making the other side look bad. So I had to clean that too. That in turn made the saddle look awful. So that too had to be cleaned. Took ages.

 

[Smokin Joe]

A friend of mine has a bike with white bar tape and a white saddle. I did a bit of work on it for her and when I'd done I saw I'd put a big oily paw print on the tape. So I cleaned it thoroughly. But the clean patch showed up the rest of it, so I cleaned the whole side. Now one side of the bar tape was clean making the other side look bad. So I had to clean that too. That in turn made the saddle look awful. So that too had to be cleaned. Took ages.

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