Great rides this week, had to drive in Yesterday as I had an Eye Dr.'s Appointment. Going to get new riding sunglasses, i'm pretty well sold on these Rudy Project Ketyum with the Racing Red and Smoke Black lenses (red for morning/winter riding) and the RX Clip on adapter. Insurance is paying for half since they are perscription, so the wife has OK'ed the purchase.

Found new route that is about 30 miles (currently doing 17...), Going to switch over to that next week after I check it out this weekend. Really loving my new mavic rims I got from nashbar, 36 hole setup, all black, with black 105 hubs, got um for a hudred bucks for the set so I'm pretty pleased :-) I was looking into some wheelsmiths before I got the nashbar flier...hopefully these will be worth what I payed for them, I know they won't be wheelsmiths...but *shrugs* they were $99!

Wulfheir, you need to get on the wagon, or something :-) Theakston was not out of line...your "SUV" attitude is really lame dude.

Theakston, thanks for your post, I hadn't thought that I could be bliding runners with my lights, I'll be sure to "look aside" when I ride by with my strobing 10 LED helmet mounted light, I'm sure it gives the few joggers I've seen on my rides fits.

Lastly, I have a POSITIVE DRIVER INTERACTION EXPERIENCE story to share. On Wednesdays I ride from my work to my wifes work so we can then drive to dinner and a meeting at our church. It's a slightly sketchy ride as it crosses more busy intersections than I usually care to have in one ride, (3 major intersections) but...due to time constraints etc. that's the way I go. I'm normally super carefull and always on the lookout for drivers not seeing me. Well, not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES! in this one ride I had drivers not only see me, but slow down, and WAVE ME OUT, or through spots. At one stop light I was going to head straight when the light turned and a driver stopped next to me was going to be making a right turn...I usually wait till right turners have done their turning because I don't expect them to see me, and their always impatient, and then I ride across in the crosswalk (this part of town is REALLY not meant for cycling in, so I take more of a pedestrian role as far as positioning goes for my own safety) anyway, this guy rolls down his window, smiles and gives a little wave and says "Are you going straight?" I say "Yea" and he says "you go ahead when the light turns, i'll wait for ya"

It was so small, but in my mind so considerate and thoughtfull of him, i just wanted to give him a hug, but instead I said "thanks" and when the light turned, took off with him ecentually blocking the line of cars behind him till I got through, one car back up the line honked as they had to wait, i was very pleased...

OK, that's all, by far the longest post i've made on here ;-)