New Road Bike
Picked up my first road bike from Elliot Bay Cycles, after long addiction to mountain bikes. Tried road bike back in high school, though it was way too large for me. Islamabad had crummy roads, plus the nearby Margalla Hills to bike through, so mountain bike better choice then. Mainly do road commuting inside Seattle now, and spent far too much time in top gear on my mountain bike. Road bike has skinny tires, larger gears, and a good steel frame, and avoids tire/front gear swapping on a single bike. Had to shorten the handlebar stem, probably due to my negative Ape index?
Fun to learn a new bike while commuting through downtown Seattle during rush hour, in spite of some crummy road sections and potholes. Third avenue open only to bikes and buses during peak times, good if you don’t mind dodging between busses instead of random cars going random directions. Going back North from the International district tricky, as either have to head up 4th uphill, or sneak over to 1st or the waterfront via the Pioneer Square area. Waterfront bad for biking North: small bike/pedestrian trail, though has many intersections, and no good way to get up into downtown due to steep or non-existant roads up hill.
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