Today I took my daughter's Cannondale SuperSix EVO out for a second ride, this time a little longer at 20 miles or so. It is a 48cm frame, but a women's one too so a shorter top tube. But it actually felt more comfortable than my own 51cm bike, and I could ride it harder, bad knee notwithstanding. Also, I did get to ride my old Davidson in Seattle last week and it felt fine. I also brought it to Davidson's shop and he came out of the back to look at it and we had a good chat. He was particularly proud of the decals which after 40+ years have not peeled off. I mentioned that he supposedly did the paint himself because his painter was out of town and I was getting antsy, and he confirmed that it looked like one of his jobs. He told the story of when they were closing Elliott Bay Cycles Bob Freeman promised some customers that the shop would do the paint on a few restores. Bill Davidson ended up doing them himself since again the painter was off somewhere else. Anyway, if felt good to connect with the builder of this bike, given that it was in NYC for over 30 years and not floating around Seattle. I need to go back and do some more riding there.

I'm getting the itch for N+1. In spite of looking at Davidson's current Ti bikes, I'd still choose carbon.