De-pinking......

Now when someone buys an amazing black and white full carbon road bike - why oh why would you put pink handlebar tape, pink tyres, pink cables and a hideous pink saddle on it?????

I very recently bought a new bike on ebay, and now that I've been united with it the first job was to get rid of the pink!!! Yesterday I went and bought the bits, would you believe you can wander into a cycle shop and be told that you need to have your bum measured for a seat!! This process luckily doesn't involve a tape measure and one of the shop boys. You get sat on a special gel pack and then in tells you which size seat to buy, very nicely they don't size them as small medium and large, but pink, green or blue!! I was happily size green.

Armed with new saddle and bar tape, I handed the rest of the job over to my bike mechanic who can be seen in the pictures returning some of the original style back to the lovely little Giant. Not quite got enough cash to be replacing the tyres just now and at least they are bright pink not nasty pastel. 











You didn't think I'd publish a picture of me in lycra did you??



Immediately fixed into the turbo trainer and have had my first ride - amazing! Can't wait to get out on the roads, which as I can reach the handlebars more easily and don't have to be as bent will be sooner than it would have been on the old bike. (Sorry Cube!)