{"id":424,"date":"2017-06-11T09:44:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T13:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/?p=424"},"modified":"2022-07-29T10:08:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T14:08:28","slug":"my-new-mistress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/2017\/06\/11\/my-new-mistress\/","title":{"rendered":"My New Mistress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In January of this year, I decided to purchase a Titanium bike and decided on the <a href=\"https:\/\/22bicycles.com\/collections\/great-divide\/products\/great-divide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No. 22 Great Divide<\/a>. I went from Aluminum to Carbon and thought I should give Titanium a try. The solid space age material has a long lasting appeal and the metal finish is super cool.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday it was finally ready, and we\u00a0went to <a href=\"http:\/\/labicicletta.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Bicicletta<\/a>\u00a0to pick up my brand new road bike. Henry and Davide were excellent help from the store and together we customized the bike with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SRAM Red eTap Shifters<\/li>\n<li>SRAM Red front and rear brakes<\/li>\n<li>SRAM Red DZero Power Meter<\/li>\n<li>SRAM Red 50\/34 crank set with 172.5 crank length<\/li>\n<li>SRAM Red 11-28 cassette<\/li>\n<li>3T cockpit with ARX II Team Stem<\/li>\n<li>3T Ionic Seat Post with\u00a0Prologo Saddle and\u00a0TiroX rails<\/li>\n<li>Reynolds Assault Wheelset<\/li>\n<li>Continental Grand Prix 4000 S II 25mm tires<\/li>\n<li>Chris King ThreadFit T47 bottom bracket and headset<\/li>\n<li>Stock carbon forks from No. 22<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here she is:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-426\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-426 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/06\/IMG_2116-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/06\/IMG_2116-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/06\/IMG_2116-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/06\/IMG_2116-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My No.22 Great Divide with SRAM Red eTap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was effortless to pair my old Garmin Edge 500 to the DZero power meter. I did have to 3D print an extra Garmin holder. I pulled the file from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:1329407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thingiverse<\/a>\u00a0. It fit like a charm.\u00a0Took it out for a test ride to make sure that all the gears are working and nothing is loose.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, did a 49km ride with friends:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/1031437597\/embed\/ed9a33697df827b88d2eac55beb8c6bc9b1ff062\" width=\"590\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is my first time riding with a compact gear ratio. There were many thing that I had to get use to, first the new eTap shifting; I came from Shimano Di2 shifting. The 50\/34 ratio allowed me to stay on the big ring for the majority of the ride, but I had to get use to when to switch between the big and small rings up front. The new bike is about 0.5 lb heavier than my old Cervelo R5, but I did not notice the weight gain on the road this morning. When I made the decision to buy a Titanium bike I had some reservations. The biggest one was will it be more bumpy on pot-hole filled roads? The answer is not at all! I was very surprised how smooth the bike was on both bumpy and smooth roads. The power transfer was excellent when I stood up to power through some of the short hills this morning. My knees thanked me for the switch to compact gear ratios.<\/p>\n<p>I am really grateful for the attention to detail and the service that I have received from Henry and Davide at La Bicicletta. Davide did a superb job in the bike fitting process, and the bike felt really natural this morning. I think the new dimensions work so well, that I&#8217;ll be copying them to my old R5. I would recommend any one to go there if they are seeking to purchase a bicycle for any purpose. They were super professional and friendly, and they delivered an excellent bike with a quality purchasing experience. Even if you have issues with bike fitting, they can help you out with that.<\/p>\n<p>All in all I am super happy with my new mistress, and I&#8217;ll be riding her a lot this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January of this year, I decided to purchase a Titanium bike and decided on the No. 22 Great Divide. I went from Aluminum to Carbon and thought I should give Titanium a try. The solid space age material has a long lasting appeal and the metal finish is super cool. Yesterday it was finally &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/2017\/06\/11\/my-new-mistress\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My New Mistress&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[87,88],"class_list":["post-424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cycling","tag-road-bike"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/06\/IMG_2116.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7V6i8-6Q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions\/668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}