Thanks everybody!

CA_in_NC, the Brooks is a B17, the TI version. It's a couple of years old.

aka_kim, yeah no kidding! There's a certain part of Palomares that I'd like to climb ON the bike. I mean I'm glad I have comfortable mtn bike shoes, but that's not exactly why I bought them..

Triskeliongirl, I imagine I'll have to live with paint chips. I'm going to have Seven paint it, then hope for the best. The raw titanium is nice, but I just have this thing about orange. Who knows, maybe I'll get over it.