Originally Posted by
thedapperest
Good buy, always nice to see a new rider. Another thing I would suggest is upgrading that butt ugly fork to something lugged perhaps, you might wanna consider an eventual crankset upgrade too
Thanks. I'm pretty stoked.
Have been on geared road bikes for decades and have wanted a FG for a long time. It's going to be nice to be able to jump on a bike without having to mount $400 worth of electronics and wear $600 worth of clothing. Its almost intimidating like "how am I going to ride without GPS/heart rate monitor, cadence sensor, Assos bib shorts, etc., etc., etc?"
It does need proper pedals/shoes and these have to come first. All my road bikes are Speedplay. I need a shorter stem for fit. Then I'll probably try to wear out the tires through the fall and send a letter to Santa.
-Tim-