Hawk,
What you wrote just above is exactly what makes a "not-Fred": nothing to do with clothes and gear, but everything to do with a certain esprit of cycling. Anyway, glad your bike has fulfilled your expectations and set you towards that century goal. That blue color is way-cool.
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..... "I renewed my youth, to outward appearance, by mounting a bicycle for the first time." Mark Twain, Speeches
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