Thursday, July 31, 2008

Trying some new components

Today I was able to ride to work, my legs have been pretty tired the past few days training for the racing season. I bought some new parts for the Trek & have been wanting to try them out since earlier this week. This morning was the first chance I had to use them. I installed some Ergon Grips on the Trek. Charles from The Bike Store said he has some on his mountain bike & loves them. I thought they might help stop the numbness I get in my right hand from riding to & from work each day. I guess I still have to tweak the adjustment, my right hand did get a bit numb during the ride, but not as much as before. Here's what the grips look like:



I also added a bar end mirror which lets me know when something big is coming up behnid me. I thought about a glasses mounted mirror, but the bar end one is much larger & I can see better with it. It worked great on the way in this morning. Hoping for good weather the rest of the week to ride into & from work & run errands all weekend.

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