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Seems like I heard that after the Gunnar... just sayin'

Nice Brent! Xavier looks like he's into it. And nice also Nate. Me: was having a hard time getting motivated to ride yesterday (first really nice day mid 50s, light wind). Finally got out and did 13 miles with a hill repeat. Much less than the 25+ I had planned on. Just felt lazy and lethargic all day.

Hope your niece is OK Ken. Going down at that speed would suck.

Happy Birthday!

Surprised from those Kirk pics that he got the lugs cleaned up that nicely from the brazing/silver solder that quickly. Looking real good!

Nothing in the Recent documents list in Word?

You can't lower the stem to achieve the same thing? I would guess not being threadless, unless you have spacers in there?

Gene, You can always throw a pair of khaki or other shorts on over the biking shorts (lycra). You might like the compression from them as well. Chris

This it? And very cool Vicki. Neat to see what kinda jigs a great builder like Dave has rigged up to hold everything in alignment while brazing! Nice fork! Would look right at home on my bike

Have you guys looked at the Soma Hwy 1 bars? I guess you are looking for a deeper drop Raffy, so those probably won't do it. Seem to be popular with a lot of people, particularly with ergos/brifters.

Re: Aging This guy is 68 and he's still riding pretty damn well Hell of a writer as well

Happy Belated Birthday!

Mess is right. I'll stick with square taper. One of the quys I know from BF had his BB30 chew itself to pieces and had to abandon the DD last year. I've done some reading on integrated headsets as well. What a great idea <<shudder>>

English would normally refer to the threading whereas BB30 is some sort of pressed in external cups. From what I could find for specs, all the CAAD9s I looked at showed BB30 FSA BBs (1, 4 and 5). Take this with a grain of salt since I don't know shit about most modern BB systems.

Way to go Vicki and all! Nice here but I came down with a cold and feel like shit. May try to get out for a short one later today, though the wind is kicking up here.

Happy Birthday Doug! Hope it is a great one!

Brent, Glad you got out, and are digging it. Hope the drop and all sat well with your back issues. Vicki, glad Dave is getting off his ass and getting to work on your bike Looks like it is well thought out, and I hope you really like it when you get it. Nice of him to consider toe overlap on that small of a frame, as that isn't an easy issue to deal with gracefully. And as Parris and all point out, you are not undeserving in the least for something like this.

Might have to look into the TDC here. From what I can tell, it starts from < 10 miles from here. I've had my Trek done for awhile, but hadn't had the opportunity to shoot some pics of it. Went our for an 11 mile ride this afternoon, and shot some pics after I got back. I know with all the Kirks and such around here, this isn't much, but it rides nice and for a lower-end mid-80s Trek, it is fairly light (~23 or so lbs). Campy hubs FTW.

Ecco here.

Someone over there uses Tyll's avatar as well... isn't that a picture of him and his test box?

My brother sent me one of those stands last year. Works well. Wish I had their workstand. Glad I don't have to use a workstand that much though.

You can hear hum with the headphones on your head, but them not being plugged into anything? And this hum is coming thru the headphones?

Happy Birthday Al! Hope it's a great one!

Cool Vicki! ShimaNO... sorry, couldn't help myself Can't wait to see it!

My brother and his wife stayed at the Hyatt Regency a few years ago down on Michigan Ave. on Wacker... easy walk to the Mag mile. Another friend stayed at the James hotel on Ontario, 1 block from Michigan Ave. and said it was good. Not sure what pricing is like.