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For those of you who don't read Head-Fi, a visit of / interview at Stax head office is planned for 12/12/12. We're planning to ask 12 questions, challenge is they should be 12 words long. Can you help? More seriously, the date and appointment is real, I am welcoming questions you might want to add to the existing set: http://www.head-fi.org/t/634106/stax-factory-tour-and-interview-in-japan-approved-during-my-trip-to-tokyo-japan-december-6th-to-december-13th-2012/30#post_8899701 Only issue is the time limit, I need to send (a Japanese translated version) of the questions to Stax within the week so, really, ask now or never... Post / PM here is fine if you're afraid to catch a brain cold visiting the other site. Cheers, arnaud

My 2¢ is that the D7000 is a worthy upgrade. The low-light shooting abilities were game changing coming from the D80 (not too far from your D90). The video capabilities are also going to be better along with, well, just about everything else. Sure, nice expensive glass is great but really, are you going to shoot raw, spend hours post-processing extracting every last detail or are you going to chuck a lens on a body, shoot with pretty standard settings and use the in-camera jpg output? I'm in the latter camp. I'd love to have the time to tinker but I don't and I'm slowly getting over the fact that I can't do everything. Slowly. So I'm content with my everyday first gen 18-200 and occasional super-wide-angle 12-24 and get better pictures out of that setup because I actually use the setup. Translation - door #1. The D90 is ancient in tech terms and the D7000 is a crazy good consumer DSLR body and you've got some nice glass from where I sit.

Yup but not a brand new to them one. I guess I'm still the only Dragonfly

Okay, just ran into John, the owner of Racer's Edge, at Rock Burger. We pulled in and a couple guys came running over admiring the bikes, and it turns out he was with them. He looked the bike over and said it couldnt have ridden 500 miles. It's in perfect shape. EDIT: just cleaned up my horrid iphone typing.

Bought the Calfee. It's a 2001, but the OCD owner kept it in perfect condition. He didn't even want me putting it on my bike rack, volunteering to put it inside the car for me. I think it's going to be fine. I was concerned about the reach, but if there is going to be an issue, it will be from needing to lower the seat. It didn't have pedals, so I couldn't get a real idea. The green is stunning in the light and I can't wait to see it in the sun. I'm very happy, plus got a new chain and the original booklet that came with it thrown in, and $60 off. We're off to Rock Burger for dinner now.

Whatever other equipment you still have is a color. Get that color.