'k. Thanks, guys, for the input. Btw, your commentary and this subject are apparently of interest to a lot of people. 267 pages views of this thread already...

I'll do some more investigation... Not that it's all that important, but anybody know of a way to access the QBP catalog? Harris Cyclery used to have a way of getting at it but the link is dead, now. That's always a useful thing to have...