After much discussion and running the numbers, Pete and I came up with a new plan for how to get me into a new bike this week. This may be a hard one to explain, but hopefully the true benefit of a road bike now rather than six to eight weeks from now makes sense to those who have been following my trek.
We will keep the Madone 5.1 on order and patiently await the 2009 model announcement and shipment in mid to late August. This will allow me to have the bike I want, with the derailleur and gear set I want, and not have to spend additional money on tweaking the bike. In the meantime, I will get the bottom of the line Trek road bike 1.2. This bike is an upgrade from the Schwinn "comfort" bike I've been riding. And for what it's worth, the bike is a pretty blue!
Yes, this means I will have two bikes by October. However, it allows me a staged improvement, an opportunity to make mistakes on a less expensive bike, and will allow me to keep one bike upstairs on the trainer and the regular road bike in the garage ready to hit the road. Trust me, hauling the bike up and down the stairs is not fun and I only did it once, Pete did it all the other times for me. This also gives me an opportunity to be more understanding when (I mean, if) Trek doesn't ship the bike until the end of August, rather than the middle of the month.
In other news, it's Monday, so it's weigh-in day. I'm beginning to think Monday weigh-ins are just to discourage me. Today I am up 2.4 pounds from my original weight. I don't know what the explanation is. I didn't do anything out of the ordinary today. Maybe it's because we went out to eat Sunday night instead of having a smaller dinner at home. Who knows. I'll keep on working on it though. In addition to our dessert once per month (unless we're on vacation), we made the decision this weekend to cut fried foods out of our diet. We'll see how that goes. One thing at a time is the only way I can do it, so I' just keep on keepin' on.
Goals
Today's Miles: 0
Total Miles Achieved: 415.4
Financial Investment: $972.39
Total Weight Loss: +2.4
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