New Bike

Just wanted to place a post. Probably very subjective, by I shall give my views in the hope they will help others out there.

This week I purchased my second road bike (I trade my first in - i'm not that loaded!). It is a Trek 5900 (2003). At first I wasn't too sure about it. In fact I wanted to sell it. Somehow, stuipidly the Bontranger wheels really put me off it. Prior to owning this Trek I had a Cannondale Saeco Team (CAAD 6 and Ksyrium SCC's). The Mavic wheels seemed to be built better.

Anyway, I spent everyday this week using the Trek on my turbo. Now much difference expect it was a bit quieter - probably due to it having Dura-Ace group set opposed to my Cannondale's Ultegra. Today, we got a very nice day indeed - a bit cold - but nice all the same.

Riding the Trek on road compared to the Cannondale was like Chalk and Cheese. The Trek feels my faster and more responsive. I must also mention quiet a bit more comfortable too. After riding this Carbon Fibre I will never go back to an Ali frame ever again. After two hours on the Cannondale I used to fell beat up, today after a hard push on this Trek I felt good and wanted to keep riding. I'm looking forward to summer '04 when I can spend 3-4 hours on this bike. I think a very important thing to remember is comfort is paramount. If you feel comfortable on the bike then you will want to ride it all the more.

Also, I have switched Saddles - used to run a San Marco Concor Lite, now I'm sitting on a Selle Italia SLR - nothing to it but a comfortable fit.

My plan on this post isn't to 'big up' Trek, but more so to pass my [probably very] subjective opinion.

If only the weather would hold out for tomorrow. Back to the turbo *groan*. Maybe it's time to move to hotter climates...

Cheers.
Tom.