TT Tuesday, New Bike

Well I definitely could have gone harder today if I was fresh. Almost 18 hours last week so I was in less than optimal condition to go 100% None the less, I toed up at the line and gave it a go.

The course is out and back with two hills on it. Well the second hill leads up to the turn around so you only have to climb that once. I was running an 11-21 so I had to kick it off into the little ring to keep my watts in check. Overall I felt I paced myself well but could have done a bit better. I often saw I was not doing many watts on the back side of rollers.

Also I got a new bike today thanks to Tim Jackson at Masi Bikes. A shiny new Gran Criterium showed up at the shop this morning and I spent all day building it up. Rides nice, looks sharp and its fast!

17.63 lbs with a powermeter, 32 hole rims and aluminum/carbon fork. If I switch to race wheels (which I don't have right now), swap the fork to all carbon, and cut the Thomson seatpost, I can probably get the weight down to low to mid 16. I can also swap out my brakes to Feather brakes like my Kenda boys and save around 80g.