First road bike!

Hi. I looked at the Trek 1.1 as well. It's a pretty nice bike.

As far as recommendations go for equipment. For the cyclometer I went for the Cateye Micro wireless, it's pretty sweet. I wish I would have went with a Garmin edge as well. I like to map my rides.

For apparel, I've been wearing mostly Canari. It's fairly cheap and so far is holding up quite well. Gloves I got Giro leather's and shoe's I got Pearl Izumi, they are pretty nice as well. I bought pretty much all my accessories off of Amazon for cheap!

I found the bike was actually the cheap part. It's the rest of the stuff that is expensive..lol

Don

Thanks! I'll probably take a look to see what my LBS has first and see what their prices are like and to get a fit for size and what not. I'll definitely be getting a garmin edge though, most likely the one with the heart rate monitor.

I use a Motorola Motoactv and it does well for GPS mapping and HR with an ANT+ compatible chest strap. It also has an MP3 player and can feed music to a bluetooth headset. I use the headset while running. I don't use them biking. I got it for $250 online, $30 more for a Wahoo HR strap. It also can integrate an ANT+ cadence sensor. I haven't picked that up yet. It also can track runs, so it's a nice transferable piece. I'll be putting a cheap computer (ie, low end Cateye) on my bike and use the Motoactv for tracking. The computer will be a quick reference tool on the ride.

X 2 for the Motorola Motoactv, I demoed one at the start of the season, the only reason I took it back is because I know I would have destroyed the glass screen (the intention was to use it for running workouts as-well as triathlons, so I stuck with Garmin). The mapping feature on it was VERY nice.

If you're not looking for multi-sport capability then you would do well with a Cateye computer, it's much less complicated and not such a huge investment.

As far as apparel and shoes go, the season is almost wrapped up so there are sales starting online, I have never bought a pair of riding shoes at full price. Remember, this can get pretty expensive, but it's an investment and most of the stuff will last (I just tossed a pair of Shimano road shoes, they lasted me 3 seasons, that includes racing)

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I found the bike was actually the cheap part. It's the rest of the stuff that is expensive..lol

I like to say that cyclists can make a small fortune. Of course the trick would be... to start with a large fortune.

On line is a great place to buy niche items... with cycling clothing being exactly that kind of product.

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Got my new bike today! Extremely happy with it and can't wait to rack up some miles 🙂

[quote="Radiati0n"][URL=http://www.cyclingforums.com/content/type/61/id/271622/] Got my new bike today! Extremely happy with it and can't wait to rack up some miles 🙂 [/quote] Nice bike. Ride it like you stole it.

Thanks! Just took it for the first 'real' ride considering the only riding I got to do yesterday was half a mile back from the bike shop. After walking around at work for 8+ hours I only went for a short 13 mi. ride but it was enough to put a smile on my face and get comfortable with the bike. I love it.

That is a very nice bike. But to me it looks like it is not tall enough for you. I mean you have well over 3 inches of space between the top and well your bottom. Is that the way treks are made?

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That is a very nice bike. But to me it looks like it is not tall enough for you. I mean you have well over 3 inches of space between the top and well your bottom. Is that the way treks are made?

Standover height has pretty much zero relation to proper bike fit. Someone with a short torso and long legs will tend towards smaller frames with long seat posts so that the top tube isn't too long for them. That will result in a low top tube and lots of standover room.

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Standover height has pretty much zero relation to proper bike fit. Someone with a short torso and long legs will tend towards smaller frames with long seat posts so that the top tube isn't too long for them. That will result in a low top tube and lots of standover room.

Ahh. I was always taught that the stand over height should be 1 to 2 inches from the money area.

i love your bike. glad you at least got to ride it a little bit. have fun with it

The bike is a perfect fit and feels very comfortable, had the LBS adjust everything for my style so its good to go!

Just ordered the rest of my gear! Got some nice gel shorts and a wireless Cateye Strada. Have been putting my Garmin in my pack to use as a mileage counter but figured I'd get something more suited for biking. Can't wait to do some long hauls with this bike.

Ahh. I was always taught that the stand over height should be 1 to 2 inches from the money area.

In 1972, 1" was the rule. That later increased steadily as the 'trend' was to ride shorter, stiffer, lighter frames.

With a myriad of compact and semi-compact and sloping frame styles around the standover height is just about meaningless. Getting the fit right in top tube length, head tube/stack height, reach, etc. is more critical to fit. For a while there back in about 2004/5 the pro's could be seen riding frames with a foot of daylight between the top tube/seat stay junction and their shorts.

Nice Trek, Radiat0n!

Nice ride! Like somoeone said earlier, RIDE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT!

One thing I cannot recommend enough, is to get Polar water bottles. They are great. In the Houston heat, with just a few ice cubes I can keep two bottles cold until I need to refill them. First bottle is gone the first hour and very cold, the second bottle is drank the second hour and is colder than average tap water. So to me, a very good investment for as cheap as they can be found on Amazon or your local sports store such as [censored] or Academy.

Don

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Nice ride! Like someone said earlier, RIDE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT!

One thing I cannot recommend enough, is to get Polar water bottles.

I also switched to the polar bottles after a small wet water bottle slipped from my hand and caused me to crash. The polar bottles aren't perfect but they don't seem to sweat in the heat like non-insulated bottles do. So I switched so I would have a longer and dryer bottle to reach for and return.

I'm actually enjoying the Camelbak Recon that I have. It's nice to be able to get a drink without having to reach for anything and it has a couple pockets for my phone/wallet.

After ordering some gel shorts and a wireless cycling computer, I got an email saying they were out of the one I ordered and upgraded me for free to a Cateye Strada Double Wireless which was nearly twice the cost of the normal Strada. Could make things better in the long run with the cadence sensor.

I like my Cateye Strada double wireless. I got it for 2 reasons: one, for the cadence sensor, and two, for the wireless--didn't want all those wires all over my bike. I'm very happy with it. Just a word of caution--they do have a transmission limit, so you may find that you can't mount it just anywhere. I first mounted mine on an accessory bar that sticks out front from my handlebars (would be like mounting it about halfway out on aero bars). It didn't work. I moved it to my stem and now it works great.