We actually picked it up last night, but this afternoon was the inaugural ride on her new bike!

It’s a Trek 1500 WSD. Trek must have run out of rear 105 derailleurs because hers has an Ultegra one on there. I also got her setup with Speedplay pedals and swapped her tires out with Continental Ultra Gatorskins, which have proven themselves to be quite flat resistant. She hasn’t ridden in a while and I think she was a little nervous out there today, but she sure looks the part! Ever time I looked back to make sure she was still with me, I swore a rider from the T-Mobile squad was chasing me down. ;)

In other news, my friend emailed me tonight. He’s now thinking about rolling his Ironman entry to Florida this coming November. I really don’t have much interested in doing Florida, mostly due to the fact that I fear what it would be like to do long rides here in Minnesota at the end of October (think 40 degrees and wet). So, if it happens, that would be another one for the “pros” list for pushing my own entry to Canada next year. We’re going to talk about it tomorrow after our morning swimming workout. It could all be hammered out just that quickly… and could save me from having to ride 100 miles tomorrow through the blistering heat!