Thursday, July 17, 2008

I SPLURGED...... BIG TIME!

Yep, my friends, you have here the owner of brand new and shiny TRI bike...... Spend a lot more than what I wanted... but I see it as an investment in my health and getting back into shape. I've come to peace with the fact that the foot cannot take too much concrete pounding right now so I had to find some alternative to get back in shape! And I defnitely got the TRI bug at the St-Lambert triathlon!

I got a really good price since one of my high school friend owns a bike shop and I got a model from 2007, they only had 2 bikes left!! He will get me fitted and teach me how to ride properly for 2h next week. I will get my new baby on Wednesday or Thursday! Very excited about this, no name yet. I gotta get a feel for it before I name it =) GOOD BYE GRANNY!!!!

It's a Jamis Comet 2007 (56 cm)



Here's all the 'SPECS'

FRAME: Aero 7005 butted aluminum frame with aero down tube, flat-oval top tube, airfoil seat tube with wheel cut-out, airfoil seatstays, rear entry horizontal dropouts

FORK: Aero road with Carbon fiber blades and 1" steel steerer

HEADSET: FSA Orbit integrated, 1"

WHEELSET: Formula X-Aero XPR-3 aero wheelset, welded 27mm aero profile rims, sealed bearing hubs, bladed spokes, 18H radial front, 24H 1 x rear

TIRES: Vittoria Zaffiro 700 x 23C

DERAILLEURS: Shimano "105" SS "105" braze-on front

SHIFTERS: Shimano Dura-Ace bar end 20-speed

CHAIN: Shimano CN-5600

FREEWHEEL: Shimano CS-5600 10-speed 11-23

CRANKSET: FSA Gossamer 53/39 172.5mm (54 56)

BOTTOM BRACKET: FSA Mega Exo external bearing

BRAKESET: Tektro dual pivot calipers with Tektro RX 4.1 levers

HANDLEBAR: Syntace Stratos 400 bar 40mm drop 410mm (54 56) with Streamliner bar extension & BioWing cups M (54 56)

STEM: Jamis 1" threadless 7D x 100mm (56) GRIPS Jamis gel tape

SEATPOST: Carbon fiber Aero 250mm x 27.2mm with seat binder

SADDLE: Selle San Marco Ponza Lux, Cro-moly rails

COLORS: Le Mans Blue/Pearl White

WEIGHT: 20.00 lbs

9 comments:

TNTcoach Ken said...

Wow, that is a splurge! You are going to be stylin' in your new 'Granny', Ha.....

Sarah said...

Oh my gosh, I'm jealous - it's so pretty! Are you going to go for clipless pedals?? Good luck with it!

Marcy said...

You deserve it chica!!! ;D ;D ;D Nice lookin wheels!

Runner Leana said...

Wow, nice ride! Apparently you did catch the tri bug!

yumke said...

Nice ride!

Taunya said...

That's not a crazy purchase! That's a great and logical one, and it's a beaut! Congrats!

Sonia said...

Thanks guys! I know she has style!!! =) I'm going to have her on Thursday

Alexandra said...

WOW! What a bike! This will certainly be motivation for you to get going!

Anonymous said...

I am jealous!! and happy for you :-)

That bike is gorgeous!

When my foot starts hurting, I up the bike and swim miles. That's the nice thing about triathlon :)