On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yeah. Lisa wanted to get herself a really nice bike. She was just fed up > with spending her few free hours riding her old one and since she got a > bonus for her promotion (which is what has taken away so much of her > free time), she decided to go for it. Went to a bike shop run by the > S.O. of another pathologist and ordered herself a Pinarello FP5. > > The bike took almost 4 months to arrive. The shop owner says there are > often delays when ordering European stuff, but the Italians are the > worst. ;-) Anyway, it did eventually arrive and it's gorgeous. (And it > weighs 16 pounds, 11 ounces.) > > So then Lisa decided to get me one for my birthday, thinking at would be > another 3 month wait. Turns out, they had a few in her shipment that > hadn't been paid for in advance and one was in the size I need. So I'm > getting it this weekend! <drool!> Italian CF, eh? Wow! My aluminium trackbike isn't that light, but at about 18 pounds, it's light enough for me. But 16 pounds 11 oz? For a road bike? That's Tour de France climbing-bike light! (actually about a pound more - whatever - it's still impressive). I remember being mildly disappointed that your aluminium Jamis seemed to weigh about the same as my steel-tubed roadbike: somewhere around 21 or 22 pounds. Those will be great for the Blue Ridge Mountains! > Further note: I still won't be able to keep up with you... On this very day, I think I'd be the one huffing and puffing trying to stay with you. I've been on my bike about 2 or 3 days max this year - much snow makes me want to stay dry and warm... ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
