Welcom to our family, CANNONDALE

Brian has a new son.....his first "real" bike. Its a mid level bike as opposed to the entry level bikes he has had. I would not even call the $200 Target bikes he goes through 'entry level'. He put somewhere around 1000 miles on his last 2 bikes. -Edit**Hubby would like me to clarify that he put over 10,000 miles on his last 2 bikes, not 1000.**
With his new commute, he's riding 10 hours a week, 16 miles a day, some serious climbs and descents.....time for an upgrade! Ad to that the fact that he blew out not just his tube, not just his tire, but his metal frame of the back tire on Friday coming home from work. He also had been throwing spokes left and right, and had several gears that were shot.
Combined these facts with his wife's amazing talent and love of cleaning earning a full refund of our deposit on the old house, and said deposit arriving in the mail on Friday....and you have the perfect weekend to do some serious bike shopping.
He looked at a few on Saturday and was torn between 2. He revisited one on Sunday, realized it was no good for climbing. The bike guy set him up on a Cannondale and he took it out for a test ride and loved it. (of course he loved it! If you've watched an Ironman or a road race, you see Cannondale all over the place) He had been opposed to the brand, calling it the "Nike" of the bike industry. He was wrong.
Shout out to Sports Basement yet again for amazing service and staff. Ryan in the Bike shop set up his bike for him and spent a lot of time tweaking and adjusting things. He also told him how he and his wife got into triathlons and how his wife became an Ironman.
Brian called to tell me how great of a ride into work he had this morning, shaved almost 10 minutes off his commute! So.....I would like to introduce to you the newest member of the family

Meet Cannon....or Dale....or Ondale' ???So much could be said about the picture below....so much. I will just say it is good that we don't have any desire to have more children.