My frame came in! My frame came in! My frame came in!!!

[Fredwina]

Cool bike! My next question is, what do you mean by "she only has 105"? I'm a newbie, so enlighten me, please!

Fredwina ... how far are your "insane mileage rides"? I defenitely plan to do a century within the year. The farthest I've gone on the tandem is 52 grueling miles with lots of elevation.

well, iv'e compeleted one 300k brevet. That's 190 miles. I cut another one short at 170. These start at 4AM, so you need to tote extra clothes (tights, jackets, reflective vests)- hence the pack. I've also done 3 200K brevets - only 125. will probably be doing another this month. I was going to do to Utah, but I need to but car tires sooner rather than later
The people in the club nicknamed me "the sharK" - (I thought about changing my name her to La Tibourn) but i need to figure out how to get on my new bar - they're Carbon fiber with flat sections
only 105
Shimano , Campy and SRAM make various levels of component. from Top to
Bottom
Shimano Road
Dura-Ace
Ultegra
105
Tiagra
Sora
2200
Shimano MTB
XTR
Deore XT
Deore LX
Deore
Alivio
Acera
Altus
Tourney
Campy (road only)
Record
Chorus
Centaur
Veloce
Mirage
SRAM Road
Red
Force
Rival
SRAM MTB
i'm not sure about their hierarchy
Please feel free to correct or add to the list (I think Campy had some between Centuar and mirage)
Also, mines only 9-speed (Yes, I'm an antique)
Jiffers, you live in Rancho, you need to Come on down to Day Creek and Baseline and do the Saturday ride with us! we had 40 folks today! the short one's only 20 miles (i'll be gone ext week)