We placed our orders last night, and expect to have the bikes ready to collect when we visit the factory in Oregon in mid-September. We've got our confirmation email back from Mike, the BF sales consultant, and we really only have to pay for them now.

We went with the Pocket Llamas, with the basic list of componentry, the exceptions being the Schwalbe Marathon tyres. Mine will be orange with blue lettering and cables, and Machka's purple with grey lettering and cables.

All the additional non-Bike Friday bits that we wanted also have arrived from Chain Reaction Cycles and Torpedo7, except for Machka's Brooks saddle which we are still trying to find in the right colour.

So basically, we sit and twiddle our thumbs for a little while.