Thanks to him sprouting about a foot in the last year and a half, Ian didn’t fit on the extra-small Giant road bike any more. So early in January, I got in touch with Kurt at Bow Cycle to try and figure out something. We settled on the Cube Attain SL and ordered it.
It came it earlier this week and it was ready to pick up yesterday, but I was still suffering from this cold. Ian and I went down to Bow this afternoon and picked it up, along with some bottle cages, pedals, shoes and a helmet.
We did a bit of wrenching after supper to put it all together and then went for a test ride. He was a bit leery about the clip-in pedals, but got used to it pretty quickly.
It’s an aluminum frame, with Shimano 105 components. Disc brakes. It’s roughly equivalent to my Valence that I bought in 2013, but nine years newer. It’s a 56 cm frame, which is only one notch smaller than the 58 cm bikes that I ride. We’ve put my old Elemnt Bolt cycling computer on it, so he’s ready to go for long rides and not get lost. 😁
Then I had to do a whole lot more bike mechanic stuff. I needed to get the Giant ready to sell, and I needed to set up Miranda’s bike for her again: Ian had been riding it for a bit on the trainer and outside.
- Took the carbon wheels off the Giant
- Exchanged the carbon-specific brake pads off the Giant and replaced them with the original ones
- Took the cassette off the carbon wheel and put it on the original Giant wheels
- Put the original wheels back on the Giant
- Took the clipless pedals off the Giant and put flat pedals back on
- Took Ian’s seat off Miranda’s bike and put her seat back on
- Dropped the seat back to her height
Sure glad I took those winter service school courses.
WOW that’s a nice looking bike, your a lucky fellow Ian!