The CL & ebay thread came through for me the other day-- with an ebay post of 60cm Elite for a good price and cheap shipping- which I promptly bought. turns out, its a semi-pro! ebay seller error in my favor. shipped, arrived in 3 days and cleaned up nicely:









So my tentative plan is to build a "semi-pro-tour" for day tripping - but have never actually done such a thing: but thinking triple or compact, fenders, rack or large saddle roll, bar ends maybe... should I consider the 650b?

here is an example (from @nlerner) of the way I sort of thinking..even the same color!