10 weeks but worth the wait!


This is the new winter bike that I purchased through the Cycle To Work scheme, which is pretty cheeky as I work from home but what the hell.  After 10 weeks of messing about it finally turned up on Wednesday so I had to get out on it this weekend.

The bike comes with an alloy frame, carbon forks, part 105 groupset and fantastic clearance for mudguards.  But the mudguards are a pain in the arse to fit... like a 3 hour pain in the arse.  Anyway I digress.

First job was to get rid of the RS500 52/36 chainset and pop a 5800 compact on.  After that was the mudguards, adjusting saddle & handlebars then finally the mounts and cages.

I enjoyed my first ride out but it is very obvious that the bike is a lot heavier than my carbon Mach 720, so much so that my average speed too quite a knock.  But this is not a bad point.  It just means that any winter training miles are harder so I will feel the benefit more when I jump on the lighter bike so all is good.

Just hoping I can keep the miles going over the winter holidays and then come April / May I'll be in better shape and can try and get a good end of year total.

Type: 
Ride
Workout_type: 
default
Date: 
2016-12-17T10:38:56Z
Avg Pace: 
2:23/km
Elevation: 
236
Distance: 
46213.1
Moving time: 
6626
Activity id: 
804408406
Strava title: 
First ride on new winter bike
Total photo count: 
2
Title: 
10 weeks but worth the wait!
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Description: 
https://www.relive.cc/view/804408406
Average speed: 
6.975
Language: 
English
Cover image: 
https://www.instagram.com/p/BOHjVA0jG3_/media?size=l
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