I may have to stick a fork in my C&V collection and call it done for a while after this.

I had previously told the story of taking that one fateful ride on an old Ciocc which led me to go a bit bananas for lugged steel again

I dont touch my Cannondales anymore -- i am actually primarily a MTB'er and a recovering trackie, -- road bikes used to simply be a tool to maintain fitness for those pursuits -

Now on the days i do ride the road, it seems to be just as much about having a nice ride on a pretty machine as it is calories burned, average speeds, heart rates and lactate thresholds