After two years, I FINALLY bought a road bike

[Trevor Ash]

I've been wanting a road bike for some time now but never justified the expense because I wasn't riding enough. Biking is now my primary form of exercise and I enjoy the feeling much more than I used to. I decided to finally get a road bike and spent the last three days visiting all the local bike shops and test riding bikes.

I originally had my eye on the Specialized Allez Elite but thought the Trek 1500 was a hot looking bike. I then rode the Giant OCR1 and that bike fit me very well.

In the end, I decided on the Felt F60 which, while a few hundred more than the others, had better components and the bike store that sold it to me made me feel very comfortble with them (unlike a few others). The F60 came with everything I knew I wanted and more with the exception of the saddle which I'll be replacing soon.

My previous setup was an old $300 mtn bike with road tires. It got the job done but once I got to the point where I could actually ride the thing I became annoyed with the small size (it was too small for me), heavy weight, and gearing ratio (I needed more top end to go faster).

Anyway, here she is I also added a photo of my old bike from California. I'm very glad I took that photo with the grapevines behind the bike because it's pretty much all I have to remind me of bike riding in the wine country.