Jan 14 2006
My second set of new wheels
This afternoon I set out on a search for my very first road bike with a limit of $1500 with tax and of course what happened to that limit? Well that would be the Specialized Bicycle Roubaix Elite Triple, isn’t that a sweet looking bike. 
I have to wait until Tuesday though for it to be built and then fitted for me but damn everything that can be carbon on it is all except for the cranks, which is no big deal as it adds only a tiny bit of weight and saves a lot of money, the bike is seriously light as a feather. I’m happy I went above my set limit though as I ended up with a much nicer bike than what I would have otherwise and it wasn’t that much more anyway.
It is 27 speed or 9 speed as they say in the biz apparently and has a Shimano 105/Ultegra componentry so it is sweet all around, even the seat post is carbon for crying out loud!
I bought the bike from my local bike shop and by local bike shop I literally mean local, this bike shop is in the back of a house just two blocks away from my apartment and until a co-worker told me about it last week I had no idea it was there! But damn was it a good find, it is one of the best bike stores I have been in, they have everything there! Sure the range of bikes they have in stock isn’t huge but they still have plenty and you can’t beat the kind of service you get there, they know bikes so tell them roughly what you are after and then they just point out the perfect bike for you, they don’t beat around the bush at all.
The store is Daniel Boone Cycles and I highly recommend the store if you are in the market for anything bicycle related in Houston!