New Bike, More Power

I can't believe that it has been nearly a month since my last post. Time flies when you have snow days, two kids and the ACT test to prep students for. The past three weeks have been very hectic, but very productive. I took delivery of my new LeMond Buenos Aires a while back and thought that it was time to post some pictures.





The bike is amazing. My first outdoor ride was in KY last month. You never quite know how a new bike is going to behave on it's first long ride. I am happy to report that the ride quality, climbing ability and overall fit are everything that I hoped for and more. The Triomphe Carbon is smooth as silk. While the Buenos Aires is not as light as the Tete de Course, it is an enjoyable "all day" bike. The Ultegra shifters and derailleurs are smooth, the SRAM Rival compact cranks are nice and the 105 brakes are better than my six year old Ultegras were. The bike is rounded out with Bontrager Race wheels and Bontrager Race X Lite stem and bars. I have some new Look Keo's that are going on as well as a new Fizik Arione saddle.

A word on power. I just took another threshold test and my numbers were up again. I went from 252 to 276 sustainable watts. This keeps me on track to get to 300 by the end of the month. I'll have to turn myself inside out, but that's OK.