I rode this morning. Pure undiluted hell. If I die and go to the bad place, I'm pretty sure I'll have to ride there, and I think I know now what the trip will be like. I'll just look back to Indianapolis on 8/11/2010 and shudder in fear.

On the positive side I shouldn't have anymore issues with flats for a while. I picked up a pair of Serfas Drifters for the Fisher in 26x2.0. Coupled with new downhill tubes, and a pair of Mr. Tuffy tire liners and I think I'll be able to go at least a week now without having to break out the patch kit.

The Drifters don't roll as smoothly as the Hank B's did, but they should have better traction on gravel and other crap that seems to permeate my normal route.