Tried out the new bike yesterday.
I have a Ribble which is much lighter than my classic old Peugeot and, more importantly, has modern indexed gears.
I have kitted it out so that it looks professional - so much so that it probably objects to having a wobbly-stomached oaf riding it.
I had attached clip in pedals and tri bars for that all important tuck position.
The pedals are great - you can feel the difference over toeclips as your feet just don't move at all other than to power the bike.
The tri bars are a different matter. If you haven't seen them, they basically mean you can lean your elbows on the handlebars and grip the tri bars out in front of you. It looks very streamlined. It feels precarious.
Still, I fair belted my way along an 11 mile country route and limited myself to using the tri bars only on sections of road that were a: very straight and b: empty of all cars, horses, other cyclists and pedestrians.
Feeling keen I jumped off the bike at home, stuffed on my running shoes and headed out for a 10k run.
I felt great and was training for about 1.5 hours. It only kicked in about three hours later as I lay on the sofa and felt comfortably numb for the rest of the evening.