picked up a Trek Soho over the weekend. cool story actually:

I had called around to see who had the bike. one store said “it’s in our warehouse, we’ll call you when it’s in.” I didn’t hear from them for a couple of days, so I went to another LBS on a lark one afternoon. there I found the Soho for more than $400 less than the store that didn’t call me back…only they *did* call me back, in fact that same afternoon. but I had left my phone at home that day — which I never ever do — so I missed their call. otherwise I wouldn’t’ve had a reason to go to the second store with the cheaper price. how about that?

so the first day’s ride was pretty good. the internally geared hub was great for getting going again at stoplights. what a lifesaver.  brakes were more than adequate, though you do have to squeeze pretty hard. not having a chain was certainly different but cool too – nice to know it needs no maintenance. also, the bike rides a lot faster than my old “comfort” bike and really gets up to speed more quickly. the only thing that really annoys me is that I have to push the shifter really hard with my thumb.

we’ll see how it wears with distance. 20m today.