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Originally Posted by Table 5
Funny I was just looking at this bike the other day. How are you liking it so far?
Any other bikes you were looking at in that range? I just started looking for bike for myself for the first time in about two decades (my current bike is a Specialized Rockhopper from the mid 90s, which I still quite like) and am not particularly sure what to look for. I want a road/fitness type bike that will get 90% street/path time. Something agile and light weight, but not particularly fussy.
I was looking at an Opus Allegro 2, which I think had a nicer ride than the Comax (but also more $$) although I think I prefer the flat bars over the drop downs. Is that a big deal to swap out?
I tried an aluminum frame Felt, but the frame seemed to have very little in terms of absorbing any shock. I'm not sure I've ever really tried an aluminum bike that I've liked that much.
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Well today was the first day commuting on it. I definitely need to adjust to the different stance and the harder seat (must buy more gel pants/shorts
), but I was really impressed with the ride. The bike just seemed to want to go with minimal input from me. Hard not to enjoy that, especially after slogging through this winter.
This is also my first go with more of a road bike, and it is definitely not as smooth a ride over the bumps and such as my trusty old hybrid was. So I did find myself navigating the paths slightly different to take the smoothest path that was apparent to me. I'm going to commute the rest of this week on it and see how I'm feeling afterwards and if I need to adjust anything like seat height or handle distances. But so far so good!