Ha! If I buy him a gift card he will totally spend it to upgrade his new bike to Ultegra. Which is fine since it's for his birthday and all. But that's actually not a bad idea, thanks! I can let the bike shop guys work on my bike for a while longer.

Hey, Xeney! Where have you been?
Hey, SadieKate! I've been finishing my master's degree and not riding my bike AT ALL this winter. But I just bought myself a mountain bike as a reward for finishing my comprehensives, and we took an impromptu 50-mile ride this morning (but not on the mountain bike, that would kill me), so I seem to be back in the saddle. So to speak.