Last week I stopped at Performance bike and “fell in lust” over a Fuji Aloha 1.0 Tri bike. Not sure why, maybe its was the style, perhaps the price, not sure, but before I decide to put down the cash to purchase it, I decided that I need to ride a “standard” bike…
My wife has a couple of bicycles at home, two cyclocross bikes. The first is a Giant 27 speed, its quite oversized for her (she bought it because it was on sale). The second is a Schwinn she recently purchased, this one fits her nicely and she is riding it more than the other one.
After changing seats on the Giant from her “comfort” seat to a more “normal” seat and adjusting the bike for me (raising the seat, checking pedals, etc.) Let see – no way around it, but even after fitting the bike as best I could, 5 miles was all I could handle. I feel for folks who do this on a regular basis.
I suppose that I “could” find a bike that was fitted to me with all the adjustments made, but do I want the hassel when all I have to do now is get on my trike and go?
The only down side with the trike is that hill climbing I’m not as fast as some (actually, that could be a good thing as I wont fall over because I’ve stalled!)
I think I’ll stick with the trike and add the 62t chain ring for the winter – cheap improvement in gearing versus a whole new experience.
