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I hate to say this, but I've ridden all winter.

I sidestepped my new LeMond for my 20-year-old Colnago. 20 years between bicycles, technologically, is like night and day. The LeMond, stock, weighs 18 pounds, and it's a steel-framed bike. The Colnago, also steel, is seven pounds heavier, and it's wearing 12-23 gears on a 48/53 chainwheel, no STS either; you change gears via the bottom tube levers.

Anyway, like old Porsches, it's a work of art and super tough. The ride is like butter, too. I took it out only because it was quite windy today, and I thought I'd have a better chance of staying atop the wheels and not getting blown over on a heavier bike.

Tomorrow is the LeMond because, if I'm up for it, I'll climb some hills.
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