Wednesday, May 12, 2010

New bike.

Earlier I mentioned the new bike I have that I am super excited about and can't wait to ride it more often. Well, I though I would talk a little about said bike.

It is a Mercier Kilo OS. Not a super well known brand. I got it online from Bikes Direct. Bikes Direct is an online store that offers super discounted fully built bikes. This is the first bike I have purchased from them, and so far I am impressed. Lots of people ask if I regret buying online rather than at a local bike store. Not yet. Of course, on down the road when I might need some work done to it, I might have wished I had bought one from an LBS.

More about the bike. It is styled like an older styled British or European bike. Two top tubes, fat tires. It is a fixed gear. If you aren't familiar with fixed gear bikes, check out this Wikipedia article. Long story short, there's no coasting on a fixed gear. A huge change from every other bike I have owned. I keep wanting to stop pedaling and coast, and she tells me NO! It's a great feeling though. This bike feels a lot like driving a sporty little car with a manual transmission. Compared to my Schwinn 5 speed, or other bikes I have owned, which feel like driving a four door sedan with an automatic transmission. If that makes sense. Well, enough with this babbling, here are a few pictures. (Not taken with my Nikon)


Lack of motivation

So, assuming anyone still actually reads this poor little blog, I am having problems with motivation. For running anyways. I just got a new bike, and have been itching to ride, but the weather has been getting increasingly more worse as the days roll on. I know I need to be running, I just don't have that same drive that I did last year. I'm not sure what the difference is.

I think I will start talking about my bike(s) more now on here. Rather than just concentrating on running and fishing, both of which, I have not been doing much of lately.

Be looking for more posts soon, hopefully.