My Giant is gone…

On Monday night I gave my Giant Sedona to friend who has admired it for a long time and who is, or more correctly – was, sans bicycle.
I bought this bike back in June 2008 when I’d decided to get back into biking. Now, less than three years later I own several other bikes and, frankly, prefer them all to the Giant. Don’t get me wrong, it was perfect at the time. I rode it hard, even going camping on it. I learned how to love biking all over again.
But in time I outgrew this bike. I realized a lot of my energy was being wasted by the suspension, front forks and a sprung seatpost. The upright position grew uncomfortable with time as well. True for some time I used a better than stock saddle, but after experiencing my Rivendell I simply could never work up any enthusiasm for my Sedona again.
So off it went this week.
Here’s looking at you kid: