SquareDaff
Über Member
- Location
- Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Just finished the 1st ride in to work on the new bike today. What a dream!! It's light, agile and fast. Can't believe what a difference it makes. Shaved 4 mins off each 4 mile leg of my journey today. I'd read on these forums before what a difference a task specific bike would make but just thought, "Yeah, yeah". How wrong I was. Cruising at 22-23mph instead of the 15-16 I'd been struggling with on my MB. Just need to build my endurance back up now - the gears on my MB were so "low" I just wasn't pushing myself enough. Did noticed tiredness on the straights - but that could just have been overeagreness.
The big bonus for me was "passing" my friend. I travel from Outwood to Bentley (near Doncaster) as it's cheaper (no mainline stations involved). He does Outwood to Doncaster. Normally I haven't seen him till the evening on the way home. Today I'd cycled from Bentley to Doncaster before the train had got him to DOncaster and he'd had chance to get out of the station. Waved at him as he was crossing the road to get on the right side. Very satisfying!!! Looked behind me after the long straight to Lakeside. Couldn't even see him but looking forward to tonight.
The big bonus for me was "passing" my friend. I travel from Outwood to Bentley (near Doncaster) as it's cheaper (no mainline stations involved). He does Outwood to Doncaster. Normally I haven't seen him till the evening on the way home. Today I'd cycled from Bentley to Doncaster before the train had got him to DOncaster and he'd had chance to get out of the station. Waved at him as he was crossing the road to get on the right side. Very satisfying!!! Looked behind me after the long straight to Lakeside. Couldn't even see him but looking forward to tonight.
