Now we're a two-Kona family!

I'd post a pic, but my camera batteries died. So, look at the website instead: www.konaworld.com/bikes/2k7/SMOKE/index.html

She's *steeeeeeeeel*!!!! The paint is such an intensely dark blue that she looks black. And she came with a Tyrannosaurus rex head for a squeaky horn. I'm keeping it, centered it on her bars.

Got her a bell (cuz I need one around here) and moved my rack over from my Kona Dew. Other than that she looks like the pictures on the web.

The seat is actually ok. I might not switch it for a while. (when I do it will be for a Brooks, of course!)

She already has a name. I gotta name things... can't help it.

I was explaining to the Dew that I was going to the LBS to pick up her little sister, her Butch little sister. And of course, that brought to mind Missy Giove. (I'm old enough to remember her, how 'bout you?) And I thought, ooh, "Missy" is a very yucky name for a butch bike. And then I thought, "ooh, MITZI is even yuckier!" So, Mitzi it is! Mitzi G.O.V. (Gung-ho Operator-powerd Vehicle)

(Does anyone else remember the pic of Missy doing a night race naked? I think it was in Bicycling.)

Gonna take Mitzi to work tomorrow, squeaking the dinosaur head in celebration the whole way!

And someday, if it all works out, Mitzi will be an Xtracycle. www.xtracycle.com