{"id":36026,"date":"2017-04-23T16:24:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T21:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=36026"},"modified":"2017-04-23T16:24:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T21:24:33","slug":"blue-norcross-al-first-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/04\/23\/blue-norcross-al-first-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Norcross AL First Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s bike ride initiated my new bike, the Blue Norcross AL, that I mentioned yesterday. I chose the “Oakhurst – Valley Ranch” route to ride 29.1 miles<\/strong>. The cool front that blew through yesterday hung around overnight. while I drove home from church before noon I kept checking the temperature reading in the Jeep to see if it would get to 70 but it didn’t by the time I got home. The NW wind had a chill to it so I wore a thermal long sleeve jersey under a short sleeve jersey and bike shorts. This would keep me comfortable once I warmed up. After I was ready to ride my wife took a picture.<\/p>\n

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I rolled out the driveway at 1:01. The bike rode crisply and the gears shifted smoothly. Though the tire pressure was only 70 psi the ride was firm. It has been a number of years since I rode a metal frame road bike. My measurements for the saddle position from my Stradalli transferred correctly to the Blue Norcross AL and I felt comfortable riding. I learned the distance from the seat to the ground was different from the Stradalli though. The first stop where I need to put my foot down was longer than I expected so I had to move forward from the saddle and straddle the top tube to put my foot down. After that I leaned the bike slightly to the right to reduce the distance.<\/p>\n

The wider tires moved over road bumps and debris easily but I could hear the small knobs on the tire whirring as I rode. I think this bike will be a good replacement for my Motobecane 700HT MTB. No PowerPod readings on this ride. I purposely left the power meter off this bike.<\/p>\n

Below are some picture of the Blue as I took it out of the box and began to assemble it.<\/p>\n

Links to Strava.com<\/a> and RideWithGPS.com<\/a>.<\/h3>\n
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Assembling the Blue Norcross AL (click on the image to enlarge it)<\/h3>\n
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