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There was no wind this morning so I decide to see what I could do on the way in. 20.4 miles, 59:49. It felt good and I'd say I was pushing 90% plus pretty much the whole way without every really going to 100%. I took it a bit easier on the way home but had a funny little drafting experience. I got passed by a small dump truck right before a hard right hand turn. He took the turn and I decided to see if I could hang on his rear bumper for a nice flat section of the ride. I only managed it for about a minute before we hit a small hill and I decided not to go for broke but cruising a 30+ in his draft for a quarter mile or so was FUN. It really made me wonder what riding in a big paceline would be like. Marshall, that looks interesting but the nose of the seat definitely looks odd. I'm itching to try a new saddle but I think before I do I'm going to get a full/proper fit session done on my bike. Even after raising the saddle last week I think I probably should be even higher and I'm not sure that my fore/aft positioning is really correct either. I'll probably wait until after the century ride since I'm pretty comfortable as is and don't want to be fiddling with that before such a major undertaking. I also don't really know the first thing about how to even go about selecting a different saddle. I know I need to measure my sit bones to get an idea of the width to shoot for but other than that it seems like no better than a 50/50 chance of liking a new saddle any better than the old one. I also don't know what a reasonable life expectancy is for a saddle. By the end of this season I'll have 4,000 or so on my current saddle.

Is this the Topeak that folks are referring to? http://www.amazon.com/Topeak-Aero-Wedge-Buckle-Medium/dp/B000FIAU8O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377022234&sr=8-1&keywords=topeak+medium

I feel like I don't even know you anymore.

What does it say on the back cover?

Do we have a date for the draft? I can't keep up with the internets these days.

If anyone in this group ends up with a Verizon iPhone 4S or 5 that they want to part with, post-update I'd likely jump all over it for the wife.

I use a cannondale under seat bag, cause its what they had when I bought the bike. It's big enough to hold my phone, a tube and tire levers.

Brent, You've got a lot on your plate right now so don't stress over the temporary loss of MTB skills.

Shelly, if you can't hear a difference left to right it's good enough to sell as "stock" with a disclaimer about them being cheap, get you started tubes.

Happy Birthday old man. You're about to get the best birthday present a dad could ask for.

This! Awesome work, Kerry.

Way to go, Dan! Me: snuck out for a little 25mi jaunt around East Kingston. Felt good to be back on the bike but I'm sure the 4 rabies shots yesterday (both arms and legs) probably didn't help. Still, felt good but wasn't as fast as I hoped.

Looking forward to details of both rides as I may only get a vicarious experience this weekend.

Yup, the trucker, maybe even the disc long haul trucker would make a solid and very flexible platform.

Home already...because they've had so many bat incidents lately that they ran out of some of the shots. So back I go tomorrow in the late afternoon for 3 more.

I'll be happy if I'm home by 9pm. I think that's irrationally exuberant of me.

Just preventative. If I'd had any actual contact I would have been in last night.

On the advice of counsel I'm at the ER waiting to get the first in a series of rabbits shots instead of going for a nice bike ride. Fuck.

She's single, you're almost there, so a "dew eet" seems in order.

Nice, Todd. I've mostly sated my needs for an HTPC with the PS3 but still waffle occassionally. The problem is that one of my biggest gripes with PS3 (network connectivity) would probably persist with the HTPC given the remoteness of its location and the lack of ability to hard wire it.

Today's lesson kids - Nate did not successfully find and/or close the bat entrance to his bedroom. Results: 1. The NH bat population has been reduced by one assuming another spawn of satan has not already sprung free from the clutches of hell. 2. I will now sleep with a tennis racket under the bed. 3. It's 2:45est and I'm drinking. It's noon somewhere, right? FML

Recent studies (there hadn't really been much prior) show that about 1% of the general bat population carries the disease. Previous estimates were in the 10% range which would be a really uncomfortable # in my book. That said, I have certainly approached any contact with extreme caution and I'm not taking the possibility lightly, especially with two little ones in the house. But I'm not going to go get vaccinated just because there was one flying around the house, ya know?

Brent, I don't think the altimeter would never work on a plane because it has no way of compensating for the arbitrary cabin pressure. Even the altimeter on my Garmin 500 gets thrown for a loop if there is a rapid/sudden atmospheric pressure change. I really need to recalibrate my Core's altimeter and more importantly start wearing it again.

I've been looking at a gravelbike to add to the stable and the Crosscheck is on my short list. But I agree that we need a bit more information about how you intend to use the bike before we can make reasonable recommendations for possible alternatives. Knowing your budget would help too.