Oh, what's a girl to do???

[Quiver Queen]

After waiting twenty years and four months for my dream bicycle, a Specialized S-Works Ruby, it has finally arrived. Unfortunately it arrived on our first day of snow flurries. I have always definitively separated summer from winter sports, as described in another thread about pre-season rituals, tho' if I were to be completely honest, it's been primarily an issue of storage space on the main floor. So now I'm in a quandry. For the few possible remaining weeks of riding (with skull cap, Wind-Stopper leggings, and cashmere socks) shall I stumble over bins of ski gear on the way to bike gear and stumble over bins of bike gear on the way to ski gear, or shall I just forego the last few weeks of ice cube bicycling and dive straight into skiing? So, Diva dears, I need you to commissurate with this turmoil in which I find myself.........and admire the bike.

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[Jilly]

Oh QQ you've got to take that for a ride. Dress warm and go for it. Then you can clean it up, put it away and go skiing.

 

[ski diva]

WOW WOW WOW!!!!

That is a REAL beauty!!!!

Go for a ride!!!! Now!!!!!

And then go skiing.

Sometimes life is tough, ain't it?

 

[abc]

Ohhhh! It's SOOOO beautiful!!!

As much a bike nut as I am, I'd say: put the bike away!

But before you do that, you need to take the bike out for **a** ride! To get it out of your hair, so to speak (and to make the skis jealous )

You really don't want to get sands and dirts on the new bike and then put it in storage. Unfortunately this time of the year, the roads are really full of cr@p (e.g. dead leaves)! So you need to be really careful about WHEN and WHERE to take your bike. That, pretty much limits how much "real" riding you can do with the new bike.

Besides, the longer the wait, the sweeter the reward, right?

 

[Quiver Queen]

Yeah, sometimes life is incredibly hard!

 

[Native Vail Gal]

WOW WOW WOW!!!!

That is a REAL beauty!!!!

Go for a ride!!!! Now!!!!!

And then go skiing.

Sometimes life is tough, ain't it?

Ditto what she said!!!!!!!!

 

[SnowHot]

QQ, that is awful!
You have my heartfelt sympathy.

Now, go ride and tell us how awesome it was!!!!

 

[Ski Spirit]

Beautiful Bike!!!

QQ,
What a beautiful bike.......too good to pass up any potential for a ride, don't you think? Congrats!!

 

[RachelV]

Go for some rides! You've got until Thanksgiving until ski season really gets going around here, anyways.

 

[Gloria]

Oops there you go! From here on out it's all about streamlining, your sports clothing will all need to be multi-pupose. If you can wear it skiing and biking, of course you need it. Uh-oh I didn't just give you an excuse to shopping did I?

 

[Robyn]

Or, you could do what I did and buy a trainer like this one which now sits right next to my sofa so I ride after work and on days that I can't get up to the mountains.

 

[Quiver Queen]

Trainers are a great idea. Instead of a trainer I have a spinning bike, a CyclOps, that the pro tour guys use. Problem is, it's so stinking hard to ride, it's hardly any fun! No kidding, I can turn up the resistance, stand with both feet on one pedal, grab the near handle bar and push down with all my might--groan, huff & puff--and cannot get the stupid pedal to budge an inch! Even with the lightest resistance, it whips me in a very short time.

At least for this week my decision has been made--I will not ski any of the mountains' opening week. Instead, I will dress warmly and ride as much as possible as long as it stays dry. I can wait 'til spring to get my new machine wet.

And as for multi-sport clothing? Perish the thought! I'm a techie with a big basement just right for filling up with single-function duds. For a while I'll just have to stumble around bins.

Oh yeah, did I mention? My little Ruby only weighs 14.9 pounds!

 

[abc]

Oh yeah, did I mention? My little Ruby only weighs 14.9 pounds!

Oh dear. You'd better park your rear end firmly on it, and often. Or it'll float away!

 

[Jilly]

You go girl!!