Okay, Okay, I have made my choice. A little drum roll please, as this is too funny, or maybe I should say weird!
Every other day I have made my journey from one shop to the other riding the Cannondale R1000 and then on to test ride the Lemond Arrivee. Yes, like many of you I am starting to feel like a "bike stalker".
Always as I go the Lemond dealer, the bike shop owner suggests that I ride the titanium Lemond, then a aluminum Trek 2300, a Lemond steel frame and "by the way, just try this Trek 5200 carbon composite bike so you can really get a feel for how the Titanium rides compared to all the other frame materials. Fine, fine....back to sneak in another ride on the Cannondale R1000 with aluminium frame at another dealer.... light, nice handling, great sprinter.... what a great bike!
Just one more time to try the Lemond Ti and ride the other bikes as a comparision....got to keep in the back of my mind how the Cannondale R1000 rides to compare again....taking mental notes.
Well, after about the umtenth time... I found myself driving by another Trek dealer, I suddenly make a U turn and into the shop I go to ride that darn Trek 5200 composite frame bike that the first shop keeps having me to ride along with all the other frames to test the ride of the Lemond TI.
Light comes on in the head, enough of this nonsense, what am I thinking as I politely thank the dealer. I jump into my car and head to my original local dealer in my neighborhood.
I enter the store and the owner just kind of shakes her head and moves in a direction away from me, as I say to her, Excuse me, Excuse me, I would like to order a new 2004 TREK 5200 in 62cm, have any idea how long it will take to arrive"?
Thanks everyone for you kind input on the Lemond Arrivee Titanium VS The Cannodnale R1000!
I will finally sleep well tonight, content that I found the perfect bike for me!
Every other day I have made my journey from one shop to the other riding the Cannondale R1000 and then on to test ride the Lemond Arrivee. Yes, like many of you I am starting to feel like a "bike stalker".
Always as I go the Lemond dealer, the bike shop owner suggests that I ride the titanium Lemond, then a aluminum Trek 2300, a Lemond steel frame and "by the way, just try this Trek 5200 carbon composite bike so you can really get a feel for how the Titanium rides compared to all the other frame materials. Fine, fine....back to sneak in another ride on the Cannondale R1000 with aluminium frame at another dealer.... light, nice handling, great sprinter.... what a great bike!
Just one more time to try the Lemond Ti and ride the other bikes as a comparision....got to keep in the back of my mind how the Cannondale R1000 rides to compare again....taking mental notes.
Well, after about the umtenth time... I found myself driving by another Trek dealer, I suddenly make a U turn and into the shop I go to ride that darn Trek 5200 composite frame bike that the first shop keeps having me to ride along with all the other frames to test the ride of the Lemond TI.
Light comes on in the head, enough of this nonsense, what am I thinking as I politely thank the dealer. I jump into my car and head to my original local dealer in my neighborhood.
I enter the store and the owner just kind of shakes her head and moves in a direction away from me, as I say to her, Excuse me, Excuse me, I would like to order a new 2004 TREK 5200 in 62cm, have any idea how long it will take to arrive"?
Thanks everyone for you kind input on the Lemond Arrivee Titanium VS The Cannodnale R1000!
I will finally sleep well tonight, content that I found the perfect bike for me!