Well Chris, I guess it's flat tire day, I picked up a piece broken beer bottle on the way to work this morning. Wjen I rolled my bike into my office I heard the all familliar pssssssss and there it was sticking right out of the center of my new top touring 2000. First thing, before work I fixed her up and got her ready for the ride home, that's my first one for the year. Aside of the flat, I left the house on wet roads just after the night rain and rode in under heavy cloud cover with about a 2 or 3 mph head wind. Traffic was light and the ride was uneventful, I did learn that if you go into a corner on wet roads with a heavily loaded bike going a little on the fast side, the front tire will slide out, I didn't go down but I thought I was on the way. The whole week is forcasted as wet and cloudy so I guess I'll just have to get used to it.