Not outside my budget, but with exactly the features I was looking for. I found the Cervélo Caledonia, 105 version, the perfect bike for what I was looking for. But really, I needed a nicer endurance bike to replace my old one, something with more range and abilities and more modern features. I looked at everything I could within my price range, and maybe a bit above – everything from dedicated racing bikes to endurance bikes and even a couple of gravel bikes just for fun. He spent quite some time with me, as I like to take time to evaluate and make up my mind. He obviously is a very experienced cyclist and knowledgeable about the products that the shop sells, as well as biking the industry in general.
Tyler, the salesman, took me through the various bikes they had after asking me some questions to get an idea of what I was looking for. I perused a bit, being greeted as I walked by the counter and then later by a salesman – neither one pressuring me nor bugging me until I was ready. Syracuse Bicycle had tons of bikes of all sorts, a huge assortment to choose from, giving me lots of options – exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. I also want to mention Murdock’s Bicycle and Sports in Oswego, NY – at the time they didn’t have a lot of inventory either but they are also another really great place to visit for biking and sporting stuff. I could spend all day there (and spend lots of money too).
But I ended up going to Syracuse Bicycle about 60 miles south of me in the city of Syracuse, because they are a larger bike shop and had a huge inventory to choose from. I would have loved to support a truly LBS (Local Bike Shop) in Jefferson County, NY like ReCre’s Bike Studio and Black River Adventurers Shop – both excellent places to visit for bikes and parts. I put it off until Spring and sure enough, new bikes started trickling in here and there. And with all of the replacement parts on my main road bike, it also wasn’t a pressing matter – though modern bike tech has advanced a good amount since the 2016 vintage in many areas, certainly. So it wasn’t exactly the best time to be looking for a bike. At the time, COVID was still raging and bikes were hard to find, and I didn’t want to be wandering around bike shops during COVID anyway. Oh, those were the days, huh?īack to more present times… After nearly 17,000 miles on my last bike – a Kona Esatto, and having replaced 95% of every replaceable part – I decided late last season (Covidian year 2021) to start thinking about a new bike, or at least moving in that direction. But until I became an adult and could afford my own new bikes – my bikes were all used bikes. At the time a 50-mile ride was a big deal for us kids but I did the occasional one, as well as biking nearly every single day when the weather was halfway decent. It was a good bike I suppose, though at the time my friends all had 10-speeds so I had to develop some damn good leg muscles and maybe superior biking skills to keep up with them, not to mention stronger legs.
I put over five thousand miles on it after getting the gauge and who knows how many before. I put a lot of miles on it, even buying one of those mechanical gauge-type speedometers/odometers (which strangely enough you can still buy) when I could save up the money for it. In fact, I only had one – with a brand new burgundy Schwinn 3-three speed. New Bike Day, who doesn’t love New Bike Day?įor me, it’s been six years since it’s been New Bike Day in the road bike department (and yes I am going to keep capitalizing New Bike Day ).Īs a kid, growing up on a farm, I didn’t have many New Bike Days.
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