Finally got new tires last night on the way home after three flats this week already (the lastest in a rash of flats with increasing frequency). I pushed my cheap-o Nashbar tires way too long. Got a pair of Vittoria Randonneurs (700x32) and installed them last night. Those things are a bee-otch to get on, but it was worth it. Hope to get some good life out of them.

The ride in this AM was sweet. Felt like I was flying... maybe because of the narrower/better tires? I used to run cheap 35mm tires, which I think ran larger than stated size. Now I have higher quality 32mm tires, which I remember reading somewhere may actually run a little smaller than stated size. Or perhaps it was just the extra energy I seemed to have this AM. Woke up at 6, about 30 minutes before my alarm and was wide awake. Very odd. Nice to have a little more time in the AM and still a little early!