Thanks for the tip!!! you're right... i'm SO not ready for lycra. I can't even imagine a day that I will be.... seriously...

yup - i'm from Houston!!

My friend who sold me the bike lives out by Galveston... they ordered an evacuation... I'm not sure if it was voluntary or mandatory.. But all the billboard flashy sign things were like "HURRICANE EVACUATION IN EFFECT" or something close to that.

So I got the bike, and sped off before traffic hit :-)