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Sure. I'd been casually watching used/new Calfees on Ebay last year and in the late fall a crazy deal popped up on a 2004(ish) Tetra Pro in good shape with full 10spd Dura Ace. So I bit the bullet and bought it. It arrived a few days later and was in even better shape than I dared hope for. It doesn't look like it's ever really been ridden. I got in a couple of rides last year and quickly realized that it needed proper fitting so I'm now just waiting for some free time to take it to the shop and get it tweaked for me. obligitory picture

Not looking good for me at this point. Work deadlines are mounting and the timing is just not good.

Glad to hear that recovery is even an option, livewire. Nice pics, Ari. The perspective that you were able to achieve (in the line of fire) is very cool.

Damn, Raffy. My goal remains 2k for this year. I'm behind where I was last year already and I didn't make 2k last year so I'm going to have to find some way to hit it hard once the weather turns. We've got more snow in the forecast this week and it was snowing when I got up this morning so it's not looking like that is going to be any time soon...

No, I took the Roubaix as the roads are not great and I still need to do a full fitting on the calfee. I did a few rides on the calfee last year, enough to know I needed to change a few things before riding it much more. Now that the weather is turning a bit I'll schedule some time at my shop and get the calfee dialed in.

First ride of 2014 is in the books. A slow 17 miler but it felt good to be back out there.

This. UGH!

Sucks, John. Here's to hoping her insurance doesn't give you any shit about the repairs.

Whoops, like Todd this had slipped my mind. DONE. Go Raffy, GO!

Thanks very much guys. I'd love to say that it was super day but sadly the wife came down with strep throat (no motor boating) so it was pretty low key and she and the kids are now fast asleep. Still, Lily made me an awesome birthday card and I picked up some pretty epic (by my standards anyway) beer on the way home so the evening is recovering nicely. This coming weekend the wife and I will dump the kids on my in-laws and head out for good food and drink so my lonesome is temporary. This thread provided some much needed laughs.

So I'm finally going to do something about the sagging performance of my windows lappy. Right now it's got a hybrid drive in one slot and a standard lappy drive in the other, both 500GB. I don't think I really need that much capacity so I'm thinking all I really need to replace is the primary HD with a SSD with at least ~240GB to allow for application and some document storage with a buffer. Right now I'm leaning towards the Crucial M500 or Kingston V300, both of which are under $130 for the 240GB version. If there's a compelling reason to spend a little more I could be swayed. And while it doesn't quite double the price to get to 480GB I just don't think I need that much rapid access storage but again, I am here asking for advice so... I'm also going to bump the RAM from 4GB to 8GB. I haven't quite convinced myself to tackle upgrading the processor which was actually downgraded by the PO to an i5 from the stock i7 . I'm not sure it makes a difference anyway in my application. In case it makes a difference the platform is an Alienware M17X R2 w/ dual ATI HD 4780s (1GB each) so my feeling is that I should be able to get a few more years out of this thing without a major investment. I basically use it as a mobile desktop, always AC powered. Thanks in advance.

That's pretty much what I was thinking after your review.

Happy Birthday, Naaman!

All you can eat crab legs with DFH 60 minute IPA on draft. Not a bad after work meal.

Major bummer.

Today was beautiful, for this time of year anyway. Sunny, highs in the mid to upper 40s, no more than a light wind. So my wife and I dropped the kids at my parents house and went skiing. That part of snow I don't mind one bit.

Happy Birthday, Dan!!

We've officially crossed over to the dark side - I just drove through a thunderstorm complete with blinding rain. Everything is a huge mess.

Happy Birthday!

Sorry Dan. I'd bet there's somewhere near a solid 3' of snow over my entire yard at this point with drifts that are another 12" or so deeper. Buildings at work are starting to have major issues as well due to the combination of snow and ice. We had to evacuate one office earlier today and I expect to make the call on an entire facility tomorrow. If we the rain that they are predicting on Friday it could get very ugly.

Fuck me, we got another 3" this afternoon.

Happy Birthday, Colin!

Ouch Marshal. The forecasters here got it wrong. 4-8 turned into a solid 10 which just took an hour and a half to clear off of the driveway. The snow banks are about as high as I can remember seeing them considering that we haven't had a single storm in excess of 12" that I can remember. Just a ton of midsized storms. I shot a little video while I was out there, just for kicks and I'll post it later if I can get it whipped into shape so that my southern and western lawyers can enjoy it.

Body geometry is decidedly different on the trainer.

Happy Birthday, Steve!!