Oh Yeah!

cadent_1.jpgThere comes a point when it’s no longer helpful to throw good money into maintaining an old bike. You end up spending a lot of money and still having an old bike.

I guess I got to that point earlier this afternoon when I made the decision to buy the Avanti Cadent 1.0 from Ward Cycles in Morley.

They let me test ride it yesterday on the way home and back into work this morning. I realised then that there was no way they were getting their bike back.

For the technically minded, it’s a carbon fibre road bike with Shimano Tiagra componentry all the way through apart from a 105 rear derailleur. It’s not the best bike in the range but it rides like nothing I’ve ever experienced before.

With 98.5 Sonshine FM moving across the other side of the city in the coming weeks I’ll be riding a lot further each day and I’ll need a dependable bike for the journey. This bike won’t just be dependable, it’ll be an absolute pleasure to ride.

Fuel prices continue to rise and so this purchase will pay itself off in fuel and maintenance savings fairly quickly. On top of that, the weather is getting better every day so I intend putting a lot of kilometres on the new bike over the coming months.

If you live in the Perth area and are looking for a bike shop you can trust, check out Ward Cycles and mention my name.



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Rodney Olsen

Rodney is a husband, father, cyclist, blogger and podcaster from Perth Western Australia.

He has worked in radio at Perth's media ministry Sonshine for over 25 years and has previously worked at ministries such as Compassion Australia and Bible Society.

The views he expresses here are his own.

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5 Comments

  • SUWEEEET! I have an Avanti that is suffering much neglect, but I have really come to respect their engineering and quality. I am glad you found an “excuse” in the new location of the station! 😉 Enjoy!

  • I love the color!!! Is yours red too?

    I sometimes play with the idea to get a road bike too, my mountain bike can be just to heavy but then it doesn’t justify it when I only cycle in summer.
    We bought a stationary bike for indoors in winter to keep the fitness up.

  • Hi Rodney!

    I’ve been thinking about buying a bike for AGES! But the purchase will depend on whether or not I’m going to be here next year! I go by word-of-mouth alot, so this post is going to be very helpful.. i hope! 🙂

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