Best Bike to ride before a good listening session

I have seen no reason to replace my 1992 Trek 5200. Although, the Madone 5.9 SL sure looks sweet.

Perhaps, between riding my bike (if the rain stops) and watching Lance go for his 7th, my power bill should decrease during July as I probably will have less time to listen to music !

No time to listen tonight ... Had to watch the TTT on OLN, as I learned 'bout Zabriskie's crash and Lance is back in Yellow !

Meanwhile, my missing Z-slab shelves have finally arrived for my Zoethecus rack ... I wish I had time to set up and finally get the emmlabs gear off the floor.

Well its shaping up to be a very exciting tour after all. Again, like last year I have been glued to OLN, velonews.com, and letour.fr, instead of listening to music. And when I'm not watching the tour, I am riding my Trek 5200 a lot more this year.

Unfortunately, I have been also looking around in a couple of bike stores recently. So, I decided to defer my turntable or replacing my PC's, and instead I ordered a new bike yesterday:

Cervelo R3 road bike. Like emmlabs, I am proud that it is Canadian and in fact, is made in my home town, Toronto.

Unfortunately, up here in the North East (Nova Scotia), the mornings are getting real nippy for ridign. Single digit Celsium at 0600 for our morning group rides. Even my 0700 am ride today felt cold with my arm warmers and vest. But, it is still great getting out on the bike. Hard to believe the summer is almost over. Before we know, it will be pretty cold and I will appreciate the heat coming off my Lamm 1.2's. For now, I haven't had much time to listen to music, as I'm riding more and going to bed early so I can get some early rides in before work.

Next week, I off to Barcelona for work. I will be stopping in Girona for a couple of days before the meeting to ride some of the training rides of the American riders (Armstrong, Hincapie, Landis, Hamilton, Barry etc. ) I guess I won't need a map ... just follow the EPO and testosterone vials by the side of the road. Too bad I won't have my new Cervelo R3 to take with. (still on order) Perhaps it will arrive a week after my return.

Riding in Girona

My new Cervelo R3 with DuraAce, FSA Compact Crank, FSA K-wing handlebars. 15.4 lbs without cages. Too bad it just arrived yesterday (on back order) ... As winter approaches I may just get to look at it sitting in my audio room.

Well, despite the cooler and wet weather I have managed to get a few rides on my new R3. All I can say it is amazing. Fast, rigid, light, and surprisingly comfortable. Just sweet going up hill (under 16 lbs loaded). And all the roads feel like they were newly paved, whether they were or not. Beautiful in the turns. Love the compact crankset. No complaints, other than it took 4 months to get. see picture on my system page

right now, in the middle of winter I am riding my bike during my listening sessions. See my old bike sitting in the middle of my audio room on the Cycleops Fluid2 trainer, with a bunch of Spinervals DVDs to keep me motivated. Just ordered a virtual reality one of climbing Alpe d'Huez etc. while listening to Radiohead ???

Favorite CD of 2007 for riding my trainer: Of Montreal: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

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My new Cervelo is a 51cm, the older Trek 5200 (1992 original version OCLV) is a Trek so-called 54cm which is more like a typical 52. To be honest, I much prefer the fit of my smaller 51cm, with sloping top tube.