How Was Your Commute Today?

[7rider]

So...the new bike is awesome, but I'm less than impressed with the SRAM shifting. I threw the chain outside the cranks 3 times on the ride in this morning. So, I head over to the LBS after work to have Pepper adjust my derailleur. He hates SRAM...made me promise when I replace the cassette, I get a Shimano. Mike, the owner, assures me that SRAM needs to "break in" and shifting will get better with use.
Any other viewpoints on SRAM?? It's my first experience with it, and frankly, I'm not impressed.
Afterward, I'm out in the parking lot (waiting for my Garmin to lock on to satellites), and I see an unusual site come up the hill towards me. It's my friend, Chandler, and he's on the most unusual contraption I have ever seen. It's a Ellipti-Go - an elliptical trainer + bike hybrid. Truly a bizarre contraption. He was giddy with it and has been using it as his commuter all week. He saw some folks out in Seattle doing the STP ride on them, struck up a conversation with them, investigated the product, and bought one. (Chandler is a big guy and has a habit of breaking bikes - he was hoping he could climb his hill to his house without breaking this....good luck to him!). He claims its great for "frustrated runners". He also has gotten more calls/yells/shouts from folks on his ride than ever. Mostly thumbs up and "that is the coolest thing EVER!" kind of comments. He's the first on in the State of Maryland with one, and was trying to convince Mike to be a distributor. Mike laughed at the thought, and Pepper told him to get that piece of crap out of the shop and don't ever bring it to him for service!!! (Pfunk12....you can imagine Pepper saying that, right??).
You never know what you'll see when you walk into my LBS.