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So my last ride, as we know, took me through Callahan State Park and down a big ass hill, which caused me to break my back brake (say that 5 times fast!).<\/p>\n

The cost of the repair, plus a tune up to fix some issue I was having with the gearing on my old bike was about 40% the cost of a new (road) bike, so I bit the bullet yesterday and bought a new bike, even though the Schwinn mountain bike is less than a year old. It’s my fault, really. I bought the wrong bike for the type of riding I ended up doing.<\/p>\n

Here’s the old bike, a Schwinn Protocol 1.0 (stock photo):<\/p>\n

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Here’s the new bike, a Trek Domane ALR 4 (stock photo):<\/p>\n

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The ride was a little rougher on the new bike, which is expected since it doesn’t have as many shocks on it as the mountain bike (for obvious reasons). The seat is a little harder than I’d like (I think I just need some better bike shorts). But man the ride is so much better, so much faster, so much smoother. The gears are making a little bit of a grinding sound when I go into a lower gear, so I’ll bring it back into the shop for them to take a look.<\/p>\n

The thing I’m happiest about – aside from my improved times – is that there’s no numbness in my hands or fingers. With the\u00a0Schwinn, my right hand – specifically the tip of my right ring finger – would fall asleep when riding. Presumably, because I was postured funny or hitting a nerve in some weird way. Though I did a shorter ride that I have been doing to test it out, there’s no numbness at all.<\/p>\n

Here’s the activity feed from Strava for my ride this morning:<\/p>\n

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00:52:36<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
hours<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
00:52:15<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
hours<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
12.95<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
mi.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
14.88<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
mph<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
34.45<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
mph<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
450.46<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
ft.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
393<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
kcal<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t<\/div>\n

And here’s the same<\/strong> route the last time I rode it on my Schwinn:<\/p>\n

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Elapsed Time<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMoving Time<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDistance<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAverage Speed<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMax Speed<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tElevation Gain<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCalories Burned<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/thead>\n\t\t\t\t
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hours<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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mi.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
11.79<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
mph<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
31.09<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
mph<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
339.24<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
ft.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
368<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
kcal<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t<\/div>\n

Comparing just the overall times, I shaved 20% on the total time.<\/p>\n

And, according to Strava’s in-depth analysis, I set a PR (Personal Record) for every segment (a small part of the overall route) on this ride:<\/p>\n

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I’m so beyond thrilled with my test ride this morning and can’t wait for the next ride!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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