On my ride into work I was going along at about 16mph and all of a sudden I hit it. Fresh asphalt. I swear nothing changed - cadence, power, nothing. BUT, my speed went up at least 2 mph. For real!! It was amazing. It felt sooooooo good... but of course it was a short stint and then back to the cracked vibration laden road surface.
I hit the same phenomenon this Saturday as I was cranking out nearly 50 miles. This time the freshness was on an incline. The smooth black-gold seemed to pull me up hill, and I took full advantage! I just opened it up and flew up hill. It was nothing short of glorious!!
I picked up Georgia from the LBS yesterday after getting the complimentary tune up (had some miss-shifting and ghost shifting going on) and got the steer tube chopped so now I'm all "pro." As I picked up Georgia I dropped off the HiFi to get the steer tube chopped on it - again, I'll be all "pro" with the stem slammed. The guy at the shop complimented me on, what he considered "a nice stable going on there." I thanked him and mentioned how lucky I was to have such a great and understanding wife. And then I mentioned the next addition would be a singlespeed. To which he replied he had just built one up for himself, so he brought it out to show me.
A thing of beauty it was. He built up a Sawyer with belt drive. I got to take it for a spin around the parking lot, smooth! The frame was a little heavy, but he put on all super light components to help combat the initial weight. But man, that thing is sexy, looks like a piece of art!!
