This ride is my motivation to get the Shogun 1500 finished. I rode it on the October NH group ride in "am I going to keep this or not" setup and the answer is "yes", so it's been slowly getting dandied up with VO fenders, new bar tape, new tires. When I actually purchase new tires for a specific bike, it's an event, let me tell you.
I'm assuming Southpawboston will be riding his newly 650B-converted 1500, so mine can be the "before" to his "after".