Legs, Feeling No Pressure

September 2nd, 2009 | bike, commute, news

Commuting: dawn of a new era

Tags: commute hack london

Box fresh: the Edinburgh Bicycle Revolution Courier Race.

I have a new hack. Soak it up.

For the last 5 or so years of living in London, I’ve got by on a motley crew of unreliable commute bikes, piecing together old broken frames with hand-me-down componentry and bottom-dollar bits. I’ve only ever ridden nice, smooth bikes on the weekend. No longer.

I bought the Edinburgh Bicycle Revolution Courier Race in a hurry following the sudden demise of the Ballistic. Slightly gutting was today’s realisation that had I waited 2 days I could have cashed in on the EB sale, saving £50 (15% off). F@*K.

Anyhow, I’ve now ridden the bike home. First impressions:

• it’s heavy (frankly)
• pretty wishy-washy steering BUT
• it’s sturdy
• it’s fast
• the brakes are solid
• it fits

The steering issue is probably more to do with my having ridden a bike with bent forks for 18 months, and I’ll get used to it over time. I’ve now fitted mudguards, SPDs and light mounts – bring on the autumn!

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 at 12:08 pm and is filed under bike, commute, news. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.