On Sep 6, 8:20 pm, (Don Pearce) wrote:
On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:09:24 -0700, Andre Jute
wrote:



On Sep 6, 7:27 pm, (Don Pearce) wrote:
On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:27:41 -0700, Andre Jute
wrote:

Techieporn for you.

My Trek Navigator L700 "Smover"
Bicycle with Automatic Gearchange and Electronic Adaptive Suspension
delivered by Shimano Di2 Cyber Nexus Groupset

a photo essay by André Jute

http://members.lycos.co.uk/fiultra/B...igator%20L700%....

My Trek is the 3400 - nice sensible road bike. Looks very similar to
that, but without the chain guard.

I got my bike one January morning when I was feeling decidedly
post-chrismas and was on my way to the local gym to enrol. I walked
past the bike shop where a sale was on, and thought "hang on, this is
a much better idea than a stupid gym". So I walked in and had a chat
with the chap about what kind of uses I would be putting the bike to
around London - ending up with this one, and it has been perfect.

I was in a bike shop the other day, listening to the owner tell
another customer about the gyms, plural, he attends. I walked out
without buying anything and told my driver to take me to a real bike
shop, where the accents are less poncey but at least the management
rides the bikes they sell.

I rode it straight home up the hill to Hampstead, and arrive seeing
spots, and with tunnel vision. I've ridden it pretty much daily since
- always because I need to get somewhere, and I can now negotiate all
of Hampstead's hills without even raising a sweat.

No man, the idea is to raise a sweat (despite what I shall shortly
write in another post to twit Patrick for bragging intolerably about
his 100 mile rides). Though I must say I despise those fellows who
make their sweat smell worse than it already does by straining it
through Lycra. Cultured cyclists wear seersucker shirts...

d

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Pearce Consultinghttp://www.pearce.uk.com

I thought your description of buying your bike and riding it home the
most humane thing you ever said, Don. In future I might even cut you
some slack on electronics now I have discovered a heart beats in there
somewhere.

Andre Jute
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