Cycle the Sunshine Coast, BC: My 2011 Bike Upgrades

2010 to 2011 Blog Posts - Virtual Tours

Over the past two years of having this Blog and fueled by my personal passion for cycling, I have posted blogs and have let people know where to ride on Sunshine Coast. Certainly the two elements has blurred a bit.

My blog has become many things including my training diary, my vessel to share my experiences with the world, promote the Sunshine Coast and to share in other cycling stuff that I find personally interesting.

My Homepage has my posts over the 2010 - 2012 years. When training for certain events, you get bored of analyzing data every which way, so in 2010 I started a virtual tour across Canada with the my cumulative training distance over the years and posted on Google Maps. It started out innocently enough with a question pondering if I virtually rode across Canada where would I be and what towns would I visit. The journey has been an interesting one and we live in a very vast and diverse country. Read on....

Friday, April 22, 2011

My 2011 Bike Upgrades

So I have a new grouppo on my bike - SRAM Red and its SWEET!!!!. Compare to my Ultegra, its lighter and noticeably louder when shifting gear. "Clack, Clack" would best describe the sounds whereas the Shimano grouppo was a barely audible click. The black crankarms and shifters really make the bike look great! The bike weighs in now at 15.5 lbs with pedals and cages.