I'm finally back from Portland and a visit to [MENTION=381793]gugie[/MENTION]'s Atelier along with a ride along the Gorge with [MENTION=111144]Andy_K[/MENTION]. I have a couple bike pics and lots of scenery pics to download/edit tonight, and tomorrow I'll get definitive detail pics of the completed bike.

Just wanted to pop in here and thank both Mark and Andy for taking care of me this weekend; we got the rear triangle/rear wheel issues sorted Friday evening and Andy took me on an awesomely-scenic shakedown ride on Saturday. Thanks a million, guys!

For now, let's just say my newest acquisition handled everything thrown at it today with aplomb - and then some. Really a revelation how this bike felt over various road surfaces (some really crappy) - and its climbing manners. Ooh, I'm going to spend the rest of the summer on this baby

Teaser pics:





DD