Subject: Planned long training ride... WastedToday was an absolute disaster. I got two flats, yep, two!! I planned on riding 27 miles, but without another spare tube, I had to call my wife to come get me only 9.8 miles into the ride.
I am so disgusted right now. I am beginning to think that buying the used road bike was a bad idea. I just don't feel all that comfortable on it. The seat is too high (at its lowest ), my hips rock back and forth, the transmission is a disaster and the bike weighs a ton. I think I probably should have saved a few hundred more dollars and purchased an entry level road bike.
I guess that's what I get for taking the cheap route. I didn't take the cheap route with my mountain bike (I broke the bank on that one, got fitted and purchased it from a trusted LBS ) and it is one of the best investments I have made, I should have learned my lesson.
I think I am just going to put some road slicks for the MT bike, turn off the shocks and train and race my on-road tris this summer on that, like I did for my 1st century ride this past fall. I don't think I am that much faster on the road bike anyway. At least I'll be comfortable and the bike will be better. |