It’s like a guilty secret isn’t it ?
“Hello My name’s Matt and I may become a Roadie”
Anyway, confessional over. After last year’s “wilderness” period (broken ankles and vodka Martinis and brandy and red wine and..) it’s time to get on with getting on.
So after a few phone calls I have this.
It’s a Cannondale Six Road bike. (Thanks to the eternally youthful Mike Cotty for his help)
Currently I have little tell you in relative perfomance terms compared to other road bikes, as I’ve never owned one for long enough, and the one I did own was a deliberatley retro steel affair.
What I can tell you. It’s mental light and seems to make a lot of snot come out of my face while I’m riding it. It doesn’t seem like you are going fast but your lungs legs and watch tell you otherwise. I think this may make me grovel more than any mountain bike I’ve owned. It demands that you attack everything and has no interest in energy conservation or leaving a bit for the return leg.
Basically it’s just what i need to get fit.
Next update I’ll tell you: how on Earth you are meant to make them stop, where you can get food cheaply in a 50 mile radius, and whether or not I’ve gone for a wax.
‘Til next time…
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FFS
Ha Ha,i wish id have known this yesterday when i saw you at the cafe in Hebden, calling me a “gay roadie”….. ;o)
I still stand by what I say- Currently ;]
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“It’s like a guilty secret isn’t it ?”
Better than your haircut anyway…
You’ll have to tidy yourself up a bit to ride that….scruffy Herbert!…get yourself some Assos and Rapha gear!
Good work. Makes riding a mountain bike seem really comfy and exciting by comparison. Have fun.
s’nice that.
Riding my mountain bike makes mountain biking comfy and exciting. Doing a road race seems exhilarating by comparison.
etc etc etc
Good for you Matt in trying other things in this beloved and varied world of cycling.
So will you be doing the sprint up cragg? So far on my Dads old steel bike Ive managed 28mins and near vomit, I beleive last years best time was 16 mins!
oooo… shiny!
I’d love a roadie like that…
bikes are fun.
Ive got one too 🙂 they are sweet, im ashamed im already looking at smarter wheels !
Put some wider bars on fatter tyres and you,ll be on the right road my son.
If you put some egg beaters on it, it doesn’t count as a roadie…
You need new clothes
sort out that saddle angle….
One step closer to the Tourer of your dreams, Matt…
I love carbon road bikes, but I don’t love your hair – why don’t you grow old gracefully?
PS: Looks a bit heavy, and those wheels are shite!
🙂