If at first you don’t suceed…
Yeah, I’ve decided to do a triathlon. The Great Illini Challenge in Mattoon, Illinois, on September 4, to be exact. I’m still deciding on the distance, though my wife is urging me to do the shorter, Olympic distance. We’ll see.
Of course, this is a departure from my regular post content. I’m not talking about web-related stuff, though it is related, if only indirectly. I’ve determined that I need to write often about things that interest me, even if it doesn’t concern web development. Trust me, since it’s my nine-to-five job, I’m surrounded by plenty of web development content, though it’s not my life. Hence, this post.
If I’m going to do a triathlon, I need a tri-bike. So I bid on and won a “new old stock” 2002 Cannondale Multisport 2000 on eBay for $610. Yeah, that’s a $2400 bike for $610, though it’s almost eight years later. This bike really is in new condition, albeit it has been sitting on the showroom floor for the last eight years (one wonders how much they were charging if it sat for that long). Anyway, one of the main reasons I bid on it was because online reviews of the model stated that the 2002 Ironman World Championship was won on this bike. Oh, the dreams…
Hence, the Internet. Without the research tools afforded by Google, I probably wouldn’t have bid on this bike, much less this fiercely.
But here I am. With a “Made-in-the-USA” handmade aluminum frame that’s eight years old, compliments of eBay. Full Shimano Ultegra 6500 drivetrain, with Dura-Ace shifters. And yeah, I swim three times a week in a pool. It’s a triathlon, after all.
Posted by Jesse on 03/04 at 02:45 AM