Sunday, December 8, 2013

Of Bikes and Segments Berkeley 07Dec13

A trip to San Francisco allowed me to visit my cousins and their families for a great time of spirited debates, fine food, good coffee and life affirming decisions. It also afforded a trip to Wrench Science, the bike shop with an effective web presence including correct component weights and a strong staff, who built the ultimate SuperBike. They had a cool space in south Berkeley with good signage and branding accompanied by Patrick my sales guy. Despite being a thousand miles away they knew me on arrival... pretty cool and a surprise to my cousins. While I described having moved my KS dropper remote lever for better access, my cousin Ken chimed in that his iced tea cup holder did still splash and wondered if anything could be done.

A word on Strava segment analysis... whether the key differentiator from MapMyRide or not, it's very cool. Being completely automatic as to recognition and comparative analytics, it's easy to like. Especially when initial rides on the SuperBike after two months of stasis quickly identified multiple PRs at Ute both on climbs and on descents. The bike, Patrick and segments are all game changers.



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