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Justifying a new bike

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  • October 22, 2012 at 8:44 am #17102
    notfastenough

    So I was in the LBS the other day just to get a couple of bits, and did a double-take at the Cervelo stand, and the price reductions. Now I’ve not really considered a Cervelo before, but that’s down to price I suppose.

    So anyway, after drooling, I went out on the club run on Sunday morning. Having been laid up with injuries and whatnot and an enforced break from riding until recently, I’ve done a few rides before going back out with the group, but was promptly dropped before we’d even hit the climbs. So, is it a bit ridiculous to go and buy something as flash as a Cervelo when I’m struggling to keep up?!

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  • October 22, 2012 at 9:34 am #704361
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    zzgavin

    buy some lighter wheels and
    buy some lighter wheels and use the now spare set on a turbo with the sufferfest, save the nice wheels for the spring, when you’ll emerge newly honed =)

    or just keep plugging away over the winter to much the same effect. It takes about six weeks to regain fitness, if the break is not too long and you’d been exercising for a year or more beforehand. Less than six months of exercise fades quickly, more than that and your body kind of remembers, woolly science I know, but there is a physiological threshold for fitness that you pass at about six months of training.

    October 22, 2012 at 9:12 am #704359
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    notfastenough

    To clarify, I was doing ok
    To clarify, I was doing ok fitness-wise until I had that break. Dunno how long it might take me to get back to where I was.

    Just riding a generic far-east carbon thing with SRAM Apex and heavy wheels.

    October 22, 2012 at 8:55 am #704357
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    bashthebox

    Yes.
    Although if buying a
    Yes.
    Although if buying a Cervelo would give you the impetus to go out more often and get fit, then it could be worth its weight in gold (what’s 6.8kg of gold worth?).

    What are you riding at the moment?

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