I'm back online.

The bike's in my room -- probably gonna spend the night with me before we go off to the Cinderella Training Ride tomorrow morning. At the crack of dawn. ;-) (I'm with Snapdragen -- it's hard to get up early!)

Anyway, I've calculated my new gear chart. I know, what a geek!

Misliz, you bring up some good points about the techies needing something to do. Someone told me that we got the titanium and carbon fiber from the defense industry. Makes sense. And yes, I should definitely bake a batch of cookies for the good folks at my bike shop.

Jobob, yes, everyone does look the same in their helmets & shades. OK, look for me with the teeny tiny Trek -- grey with red accents. I'll try to keep an eye out for you and say Hi!

Snapdragen, one good thing about getting up early is that you can usually avoid that nasty headwind that picks up in the early afternoon.

Kelrunran, definitely check out the Trek. You might also check out the Aegis Swift -- I've heard very good things about it. By the way, the Trek measures their frames differently -- I think center of bottom bracket to top of seat tube. This means that a 47cm Trek is equivalent to some manufacturer's 44cm frames.

Adventure Girl -- you have excellent taste in bicycles! :-) Loved your pics -- the new Beetle is very practical for hauling bikes.

OK, back to staring at my bike. Gotta figure out how the flight deck computer works....

Hope to see Jobob & Snapdragen tomorrow on a SUNNY Saturday morning.

-- Melissa