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Happy birthday, Jack!!

This.

Wuhoo! More pics, we need more pics!!

Happy vacation, Vicki!

Vicki, not that it matters, but I'm not a white bike guy and I like that an awful lot. What is it getting for wheels?

No bats last night, yay! Boo, getting yelled at by Admirals today. Let's hope I can escape at 4 for a much needed decompression ride.

I don't think that they would work since the heat sinks are already tapped for 4-40.

I need non-conductive, heat resistant screws, preferably peek. Pan head preferred for mounting TO-220 parts, drive doesn't matter.

I need a couple of 4-40 by 3/8 (ish) screws for a project, anyone have a couple that I could buy? I'd rather not drop $70 on a bag of 100 right now.

Adrian, good deal man. A century is doable in that time frame assuming you pace yourself, eat right and it isn't some crazy ride with 10,000 vertical feet in the 100 miles. Just start at reasonable distances, which given your fitness level is probably in the 15 mile range. You'll probably gain strength pretty quickly and soon 40 to 50 miles won't feel like all that much. After that 100 is just pushing yourself a bit harder. Most organized centuries have 4 to 5 stops built in which makes them all the more doable. I wouldn't recommend an unsupported century unless you're riding with a group of friends. Boo, so psyched for you I can't stand it. I imagine you're bouncing off the walls like a kid on Christmas eve. Me - barring the third week in a row of bat invasions on a Wednesday night (did I just curse myself of what) I'll be hitting the one big hill around here tomorrow after work with a good friend and fellow Team Big Guy member. Should be a nice, but hot ride. Temps are supposed to creep up on 90...

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.