# I finally got a road bike

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2023-08-06

cannondale, cervelo, cycling, gears-toronto, jeremiah-shamess, road-bike, road-cycling, strava

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[I did it](https://brandondonnelly.com/2022/10/28/cycling-to-the-office/). I finally got (well, ordered) a new and more serious road bike.

I have been planning to do this since last year. I almost bought a friend's Cervelo a few weeks ago, but I took it to Gears on King Street and they immediately told me it was too small for me. The frame was 58cm and apparently I need 60cm.

So I instead ordered a new Cannondale CAAD13. It's one that my serious cycling friends -- people like [Jeremiah Shamess](https://twitter.com/JShamess) -- tell me is a good "starter bike."

I'm excited to get going. In the winter, I am, [as most of you know](https://brandondonnelly.com/2023/06/16/parkview-mountain-house-starts-construction/), all about snowboarding. But I need something active/challenging for the summer that I can be equally fanatical about. Maybe that thing will be cycling.

The one thing I do need to give some more thought to is [cycling to the office](https://brandondonnelly.com/2022/10/28/cycling-to-the-office/). I know a bunch of people who do this, but they tend to go to the gym and then shower before heading to their desk. I'm not sure I want to make this my morning routine.

Either way, I guess it's time to dust off my Strava. If any of you are into cycling, [hit me up on Twitter/X](https://twitter.com/donnelly_b).

_Photo:_ [_Cannondale_](https://www.cannondale.com)

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/i-finally-got-a-road-bike)*