My ride yesterday was 12.9 miles on the Jamis, which included riding to West Concord to meet someone for lunch at Nashoba Brook Bakery and returning via a stop at the bike shop so I can bug the owner some more about my impending frame switch. He wasn't there (of course), so I left him a long list of questions, which also informed him of my choice of new bars and the Ultegra short reach levers. I am paying for those, but I want to see if he can get me a better price on the levers. I don't want to get him pissed off, though, because he is essentially giving me a new bike after 2 years.
It was gorgeous out, but not quite as cool as the day before. However, it was still in the sixties when I left, so I wore my Terry Scooters, with an Ibex t shirt. On the way home, it was close to 80 and my legs were really sweating in the Scooters. But, being a slave to fashion, I wanted to wear them because I bought them in May and have only worn them once. They are very cool looking, but it's weird; they seem too big in the waist, the same as the Terry skort I bought at the same time. I always wear an x small in other Terry products and they fit perfectly. I washed the skort in hot water and it shrunk a bit, but I am hesitant to do that with the Scooters, because they are a weird material, with a lot of laundering restrictions. The liner shorts also are huge on me, with a pad like a diaper. I already ditched those for my Sugoi liners that fit like a glove.
So, aside from my fashion issues, a very nice ride with no speed pressure. When I'm on my Jamis, none of the roadies wave to me and I always wave to them. I guess flat bars and a pannier make you an invisible cyclist (even though I have clipless pedals, gloves, and a roadie helmet).