Just over a week ago I dropped my Fluid Sprint 3 into Anaconda for a service.
As you do, I wandered around and checked out what was on the floor.
First thing that caught my eye was a Jamis Xenith marked down to $1695.
Until that moment I had no intention of buying another bike!
The fellas I ride with are on road bikes, but I don't have any trouble keeping up on the Fluid.
Spotting the Jamis and seeing that price seemed to change all that!
How I got to this point is still a complete mystery.
In the course of a week I have put more effort into learning what's what with bikes than I ever did at school!
One of the places I stumbled on was the forum here and the wealth of information about buying a new bike.
So to all those that contributed to the buying a new bike thread, thank you!
The intensive research in bike speak has helped me get my head around concepts like group sets, crank set, cassette (who knew they were still in exsitence!!) and ratio's meant I had half a clue when I walked into the first bike shop.
I was much better prepared when I visited the second one and had a really good idea when I went to the third.
I was able to figure I was looking for an endurance bike (and not a race bike) and that the budget was around the 2k mark.
I ended up test riding a Fuji Grand Fondo 2.3 and a Specialized Roubaix.
After the second test ride (the Roubaix), I went back and took the Fuji for another short ride, just to be sure.
The excitment has been building all week.
I collect the Roubaix sl4 with the 105 group set tomorrow afternoon and looking forward to putting a few k's on the clock this weekend!!
Thank you
cheers
Bill
