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just finished cleaning the bike after the ride, great fun to be back out with V! Did just over 40 miles in constant rain that only increased after Vicki and I separated. One a good note I may have finally found a saddle after 2400 miles and 12 or so demos.

Vicki, 23 miles in the rain seems pretty damn impressive to me. I officially went off the deep end and got crazy tights to wear instead of my MTB shorts on the road bikes.

Dang, Mike re DeSalvo, but I get it. Only did 23 miles again today, though had planned on more. It was raining most of the way, which wasn't bad. I met John down towards his place and we rode back up slowly (guessing 12-13), and stopped at Luna Rosa for breakfast. My ankle felt great on the bike, but was not so happy once off (mostly due to the weather, I think), so I headed home, rather than picking up the 15-ish more miles I'd wanted to do. At least John got to ride at a more normal speed after I turned off as he was planning on getting in 50 and the rain had stopped. I think I'm going to love the Calfee, though hard to tell from today since I've only put on 23 slow, rainy miles on it, and I was paying more attention to gabbing with John and catching up than to my bike, which in a way is a good thing, since the bike was not asking me to pay attention to it in any way. I will say that the best decision I've made in a while was to change out my handlebars from 40s to 38s. I did so on the Gunnar as well, and tested it out last night for a bit and same feeling. My whole upper body just relaxed since my hands/arms just land where they're supposed to, and I'm not trying to pull them toward me on the bars just to find a narrower, comfy spot. I also think I'm liking the Vitesse saddle, though need more miles on it to be sure. I put my trusty B17 back on my Gunnar and will just have to remember to bring a cover with me as I seem to ride in the rain as often as not. The Gilles Berthoud was almost the perfect saddle, love the hard leather and overall shape, but just a wee bit too convex near the nose, and I wasn't liking that so much. Anyway, I feel good. I'm going to do a group ride out of Synergy tomorrow, hang with the C group, and turn back if/when I need.

I wish I could have joined you guys but family stuff required my presence. Have a great ride! On another note, I sold my unbuilt DeSalvo frame. Decided I needed the money more than I needed a new frame since my Gunnar was serving me well.

Getting ready to head out the door and ride with Mike and John, though they'll be doing a longer ride. This is my first ride on the Calfee, other than in a parking lot, and my first ride with people since early November. Yay!

Yeah, if the time permits I might want to try a few laps...

Just finished the resistor mod on the 727. Spritzer was right; those little glued-on surface mount resistors were a pain; however, I was able to get them off without lifting a pad or burning anything. Pared with SR-407s, so far (really just buttoned up), less fatiguing at higher volumes, less euphoric-leaning, more focused; better layering. Still slightly rolled off up top, which I attribute (at least in part) to the Opus 21. Otherwise, detail out the wahzoo; clean and resolving; nicely musical. Running balanced out of Opus, more for the 5v out. Amp pot disabled, more for remote control. Still need to try other volume configurations. Good+ paring with the 407; smaller amp profile better fits my desktop space, which is why I went this route. Happy happy with the rig. K and B, really couldn't have done it without you guys.

I'm surprised the TV doesn't have an analog set of outputs but a quick Google seems to confirm that it's digital only. Maybe that's a good indicator of how long it's been since I bought a TV...