Thanks for all the comments!

The bike is fine, it suffered a little abrasion on one shifter and one skewer. Good advice on the bandaging, will keep that in mind. Yes, I shaved the legs in advance and I fully understand why that is important.

I have located some local rides that are very brisk and will keep up with them.

I "lost" the front wheel by turning in to hard it made the turn to tight for the wheel to hold. It had rained earlier in the day but was drying up. I consider it to be a jugement error.

Again, thanks for reading. I'll do my best to keep you entertained. I will be finishing the year riding hard and looking forward to full year of racing next year.

0Gravity (Tom)