Anyone here like to ride? Post you bike, your gear, what types of rides you like to do, etc.
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Where I live happens to be a HUGE cycling town. It seems like almost everybody rides, there are always tons of bikes on the street, and we have miles and miles of bike trails (there is a paved bike trail that gives me a 30-mile ride from my office to my house, with only having to be on surface streets less than a mile total). I have wanted to get into it for quite awhile, but never pulled the trigger, in large part due to cost, not only for a good road bike, but for all the other gear you need to get started. That changed last Fall when a good friend of mine who does a lot of riding, including lots of races, upgraded and gave me one of his old bikes. I don't get to ride as often as I would like, but I am getting my feet wet and starting to really enjoy it. And this past weekend, we got my wife a bike, so we will start riding together as often as we can.
I am currently riding a Cannondale CAAD9 with substantial upgrades. It has a few thousand miles on it and has won a number of races, but is still in GREAT shape.