Thursday, May 1, 2008

Wednesday Night......The Soloist

The Wednesday night training ride leaving Hunt Valley Bikes was different this week.... I picked up my new bike!!! A Cervelo Soloist Carbon.... for those of you who haven't seen one of these in person just watch any pro cycling race and someone from the CSC cycling team will be on one.. usually winning or in the front. I was in a rush tonight so I didn't get a chance to do anything to the bike except set the seat height. For the first few miles I was getting used to the position and I couldn't believe how smooth this thing was! I don't know how they did it, but it is stiffer and smoother than any bike I have been on. I am definitely impressed and even after being off the front of the main group several times I still felt great; this bike is amazing. It felt more like a TT bike at higher speeds cutting through the wind; it has that feeling that the faster you go the more it gives you an advantage. I will post some pictures this weekend if I can stop riding it long enough! Big MTB race Sunday so I will have a good bit to report on... until then happy riding!

2 comments:

trevor said...

Great looking blog, Chris. You forgot to mention how Sean went solo for about thirty miles and we never caught him.

Chris Newell said...

Yeah that was something... I can't say I was suprised... I think Sean can check out anytime he wants on that ride which is pretty amazing! Thanks for looking at the blog. I heard you won your race yesterday at Michaux... congratulations!