Endurance Turtle A journey through this turtles triathlon adventures

Pure and simple.

(Let me preface this post with the fact that I really have no idea really about bikes and usually go by how pretty they are.)

Every time I go to the bike store I drool over all the bikes and I think of all the different ones I would like.

Here is one I am currently drooling over:

It’s a single speed with a flip flop hub so you can have it coast if you want to, or you can be all serious and make it a fixed gear. I especially like this bike because it is a single speed but with some style. Let me now point out some key points here:

• There are these neat fenders that look like wood, those are great when riding through puddles.
• There is a coffee cup holder on the handlebar…so cool
• There is a little picture of a coffee cup on the seat tube ( I think there is a better name for it…but I don’t spend a lot of time with bike anatomy)
• It’s just cool

But it is expensive ($500+)…it is on sale at Incycle but George keeps reminding me that we are savings for a wedding….(which by the way, is really started to take over my life and we are still a year and a half away)

The other bike I would want would be a mountain bike, mostly to ride on fire roads and just to have some fun.

Something like this would suit my fancy just fine:

Some crucial components on this bike that I like:

• Hardtail (this means the back part doesn’t have any fancy shocks)
• Shocks in the front that you can turn on and off
• Disc brakes

My problem with a mountain bike is that I just don’t know if I would really like it. I have done it a couple of times but I really think it would be worth it to me to demo a bike and see how I like mountain biking. I had a really bad accident as a kid once on trails and had to get 7 stitches in my lower lip. Fortunately, since I live in Los Angeles, a plastic surgeon was on call and so you can’t even see the scar. This bike is at a reasonable cost of $470 brand new (on sale would be better).

Then, of course I would have my triathlon bike…because those are just kick ass! And I think, once again, I would have to go with Specialized on this one.

This is the Transition Comp and sells for a sweet $2,800 (so far the most expensive bike on my little list here). With a nice wheel upgrade…this would be a really sweet bike to have ready for you to ride in transition!

As for my road bike, I would get this:

The Roubaix Elite Compact, great if you want to be a tad more comfortable on long rides and has some really nice components. This one comes in at a cool $2,200.

I realize every single bike on here is a Specialized, and I ride a Specialized now…I am in no way sponsored by Specialized as everyone should probably know how slow I am by now. If they had a slow division, I would be fully sponsored! I just like the bikes….because Specialized is such a large company they are able to offer a lot that I like. For one, they look cool! They also have some good components at a good price. However, they really know how to save a penny when making these bikes too as evidenced by my entry level bike with Shimano components that don’t even exist anymore they are so crappy!

So all totaled, I would be in the hole for $6k if I filled up my dance card with all these fancy bikes! I also would probably have a hard time storing them…but I would figure out a way

Now about that wedding….