sloji
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Reged: 01/19/06
Posts: 29
Loc: San Luis Obispo
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Ok, after 3300 miles on the stiletto as a "hammerhead" I can avg nearly 22 miles an hour with a new carbon/kevlar fairing and bodysock. On flats I can reach mid 20's for hours, the upright guys just let me go now...they catch me on the hills, not much I can do about that.
All that being said i'm not having fun anymore. I'm burned out on "racing". I could have purchased a different bike, spent more money but the versatility of this bike is in it's various configurations; from touring to race bike. I stripped down the bike to it's essentials removing the fairing, tail scaffold, bodysock and took a 30 mile ride today...a slow ride and what a joy it was to just relax and look around. It took cycling back to it's basics; no computer, no training log, no competition, wind in my hair, stop and relax by the beach and listen to something besides my heart at 145. The nude bike is a dream to ride.
Oh, an interesting note, previously with the fairing and sock folks made the strangest comments; "are you the boy in the bubble" "takes some balls to ride a bike like that" and more that i'll leave to the imagination. Now with the bike bare I get all positive comments; "cool bike" "that's not fair" "now that looks fun."
Good riding to all!
sloji
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Calfee Stiletto
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Dave_Thompson
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Reged: 12/19/03
Posts: 717
Loc: Spokane, Washington
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sloji wrote:
Ok, after 3300 miles on the stiletto as a "hammerhead" I can avg nearly 22 miles an hour with a new carbon/kevlar fairing and bodysock. On flats I can reach mid 20's for hours, the upright guys just let me go now...they catch me on the hills, not much I can do about that.
All that being said i'm not having fun anymore. I'm burned out on "racing". I could have purchased a different bike, spent more money but the versatility of this bike is in it's various configurations; from touring to race bike. I stripped down the bike to it's essentials removing the fairing, tail scaffold, bodysock and took a 30 mile ride today...a slow ride and what a joy it was to just relax and look around. It took cycling back to it's basics; no computer, no training log, no competition, wind in my hair, stop and relax by the beach and listen to something besides my heart at 145. The nude bike is a dream to ride.
Oh, an interesting note, previously with the fairing and sock folks made the strangest comments; "are you the boy in the bubble" "takes some balls to ride a bike like that" and more that i'll leave to the imagination. Now with the bike bare I get all positive comments; "cool bike" "that's not fair" "now that looks fun."
Good riding to all!
sloji
You should have two bikes; one for 'just riding around' and the other to satisfy whatever competitive juices may be flowing that day.
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Steel lover, but then I like Ti with carbon too.
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sloji
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Reged: 01/19/06
Posts: 29
Loc: San Luis Obispo
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Hilarious Dave! Sometimes the obvious sits right in front of you and you can't see it. I have a Specialized Globe commuter bike that just sits there. I used it to commute to work and school and rarely exceeded 10 miles an hour and never thought of speed...it was to relax and unwind and going slow was actually the point. Two bikes, geez, I have two bikes!
Thank you for pointing out what's right in front of my face. I have a speed bike and a cruiser...d'oh.
sloji
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