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- [Taren] Holy snap and crap!
Morning Trainiacs!
"New Bike Day"
So, "New Bike Day?", you say?
But, for who?
I'm sure the lot of you are thinking
"OMG Taren's getting the vent up!"
No, not true.
However, there are three new bikes happening today.
One, for me.
Two, for a local Trainiac.
And three, for potentially one of you.
Spoiler alert: I can't give away a free bike.
Alright gang, let's go delay my retirement
at everyone's favorite bike shop Alter Ego.
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Trek Farley 9.6, 27 1/2 inch tire fat bike.
Mmhm
Given that, I'm having some challenges running
and I'm feeling fairly secluded
because I can't get out the running group right now
I thought to myself,
"Hey, you know what?
"Why don't I just make life easy on myself
and mentally say, hey, I'm not running on Sunday,
but I still want buds so my cycling pals
have been fat biking for the last bunch of years".
I went out with James here,
from Alter Ego a little while ago...
Awesome frigging cross-training workout.
So good with the core and the lower back muscles.
So, gets me out, fills a day that I would
otherwise be running.
Social, get back into the community
and it's a new bike.
It's hard to go wrong with that.
Apparently, according to the fellows here
27 1/2 inch fat bike tires...
totally the way to go.
Carbon frame, two bliss-ready wheels, flats
because I'm not a 'mountain bike handling' kind of guy.
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Allow me to build up all of that
and that and that and that.
I'll explain.
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So many bikes in here.
Stage right we have my very first triathlon bike.
I think it is a 2012 Cervelo P3.
That's going to a local Trainiac here.
Shout out to Pierre.
Thank you very much for purchasing that and the wheels.
Actually kinda makes me sad.
Funny story about this bike.
See how it's not white and a cream color?
It ended up coming from a bike shop in Colona
that went up in flames and the heat
was so intense that this bike,
the top coat, the clear on it turned yellow
and when I go to race this, people are like
"Whoa! How'd you get that color from Cervelo?"
"It's custom."
This bike, we've already talked about my new bike...
but this bike here could be your new bike.
So this here is a 2017 Cervelo P2
with Shimano 105 on it.
This is what I raced on in Austin,
it's what I trained on leading into that.
Good bike.
At the end of the video I'll link to a couple
of the videos that I did talking
about why I ended up using this bike.
Thank you to Alter Ego for letting me use it
but Ventum's coming soon.
So this bike belongs to Alter Ego,
unfortunately I can't give it away
but if anyone is in the market
for a Cervelo P2, very good beginner Triathlon bike.
This will get you going.
You've got the upgraded seat here.
It's basically in pristine condition.
I used it for a grand total of about 2 months.
If you want this, you are getting the benefit
of a smashed up Canadian dollar
and I'll include a Trainiac biking kit.
So, Alter Ego said they would let this bike go for
$2900 Canadian, I think that works out to $2316 U.S.
which should be, from what I gather,
somewhere around $150 less
because of our smashed up Canadian dollars
then what you would pay going into a store
in the states and buying this Cervelo P2.
In addition to that, you get a Trainiac kit.
In addition to that, you might be able to get
the taxes back from that cost that I mentioned.
And in addition to that, you get
some Triathlon Taren sweat.
How good of sells man am I right now?
So, if you're interested in the bike,
hit me up in the comments below
or email taren@triathlontaren.com.
Let me know that you're interested.
Ideally, you're from Canada or the United States.
Oh, and if you want details about the bike,
check out the videos here and here.
Thank you very much to Alter Ego
for letting me ride this for a few months.
I rode the piss out of it. Whew! Power!