When I was 26, I would jokingly refer to my bike as the CWM (Cross Wind Missile). I'm not 26 anymore...

About Me

My name is Dean Russell and I raced road bikes and some track endurance in the 1990s. I stopped racing in 1999 when I was 26. After almost thirteen years of being a lazy slug I decided to put my sorry backside onto a bike seat and have another crack at racing. This blog chronicles my journey from being completely unfit and overweight to becoming one of the oldest Elite A grade riders in Queensland...and then slipping nicely back into Masters racing.

Monday, 13 February 2012

Bikes are way better these days

Bikes are just awesome now and so much better value than they were in the 1990s. As mentioned, I'm on a Giant TCR 0 with Di2 electric gears. It retails for $4,000 and I can't believe what a beautiful bike it is for such a reasonable price. 

There are some other differences that are a bit odd. Firstly, why are we all wearing long socks yanked up high like we are going to footy training? Secondly, why do we all have our brake levers so high and pointing up like we we deliver for Australia Post? Why? Huh?

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