Road bike and Hybrid/city

[freezetyle]

Originally Posted by nazerine

I deal with Gary the owner, or Matt (who is one of my sister's good friends). How much did you get that badboy for? :P

PS: you might soon regret a straight street bike after you ride the roads of Kelowna

I talked with Matt a bunch too. I was really surprised with that shop. a few that I went into when i lived in calgary were pretty snobby.

We will see about the roads. a few of the routes i have been eyeing up still have a bit of gravel on them, but there didn't seem to be too many cracks. we will see when i finally ride over them.

[brizzo]

Originally Posted by freezetyle

I talked with Matt a bunch too. I was really surprised with that shop. a few that I went into when i lived in calgary were pretty snobby.

We will see about the roads. a few of the routes i have been eyeing up still have a bit of gravel on them, but there didn't seem to be too many cracks. we will see when i finally ride over them.

They are some very helpful laid back guys, that's for sure. And they really love what they do, and know their stuff.

Depends which areas of town you're biking in... some are better than others

[freezetyle]

Originally Posted by nazerine

They are some very helpful laid back guys, that's for sure. And they really love what they do, and know their stuff.

Depends which areas of town you're biking in... some are better than others

I am up in glenmore so i was thinking of down glenmore drive (my gym is on harvy/glenmore). and maybe through sexsmith dr. I hear east Kelowna has some pretty good roads. and i will have to check out some routes along the water.

Dave/Matt was telling me about the saturday morning rides they do, so i will probably check out some of those for ideas/friends

[brizzo]

Originally Posted by freezetyle

I am up in glenmore so i was thinking of down glenmore drive (my gym is on harvy/glenmore). and maybe through sexsmith dr. I hear east Kelowna has some pretty good roads. and i will have to check out some routes along the water.

Dave/Matt was telling me about the saturday morning rides they do, so i will probably check out some of those for ideas/friends

I find the problem with a lot of the areas in Kelowna is how close between intersections are, and it's hard to find the sweet spot to not keep getting stopped. Depends if you're looking for a route to train on. But you're right, you can get to sexsmith from glenmore, and head down old vernon road behind the airport, and you can loop back on the highway. bike lanes the whole distance

There's a few different meet ups around kelowna for people who want to bike, the most interesting are the cruiser bike rides that start downtown in the summer

[Parker]

You skinny tire guys are crazy, I ride in the woods where it's safe!

J/k, nice bike!

[Aquattro]

A good ride for Kelowna would be to Penticton and back. Next trip, Vernon. Great highway for riding, and awesome summer weather coming up.
Once you're in better shape, head out hwy 33 towards Big White...

[Kryptic4L]

i look at that bike and think.... ELOS.... not sure why

[freezetyle]

Originally Posted by Kryptic4L

i look at that bike and think.... ELOS.... not sure why

lots of Elos stuff is white and clean looking

[muck]

Finally got my road bike. Picked up a Gary Fisher Ion Super.



Came with a triple crank but got the shop to swap it out no charge to a double shimano crank (same one as comes on the Pro version).
Was busy all weekend and couldn't take it out for it maiden voyage but this week I'm making time for sure.

[freezetyle]

Originally Posted by muck

Was busy all weekend and couldn't take it out for it maiden voyage but this week I'm making time for sure.

plus edmonton was as cold as the tundra... at least where i was in the city.

very nice looking bike