MissLiz -- Happy Mardi Gras to you too! Interesting stuff about aerospace's contribution to cycling. I think you can start a whole thread on this. Oh, and the cookies are definitely on my todo list.

Adventure Girl -- Calculated the gear charts with the 650 wheels. And yes, the Bianchi had 700's.

Snapdragen -- good to see you & JoBob today. Sorry you missed the rest of the ride.

Everyone, this is my week! The weather held out for us, so we got our training ride in this morning. All I can say is....WOW!

We did a couple of climbs, and I felt like I had an unfair advantage. I joked with a couple of people that the bike shop had put helium in my tires. No joke, though, it was practically effortless.

The bike absorbed a lot of the rough road -- just like they promise that carbon frames do.

The components worked flawlessly. Just love the STI shifters.

Oh, and here's some irony -- I bought the bike so I could have a triple, and I didn't touch the inner chainring all day.

Here's hoping tomorrow's weather holds out too....

-- Melissa