Yeargh - I agree. The show was definitely not worthy of the $13 cover. I got in for designing a ginormous route-map for the A.R.C. booth and staffing it for three hours on saturday afternoon... dang man, I don't even know if I believe in bikelanes.

Anywho, due to my characteristic sporadic internet-ness and a psychotic work week, I lament not having realized that a pod see below of y'all were going to be attending - I would have relished the chance to meet some of ye.

Instead, I ended up acting as a crutch for my friend Brian who got food poisoning off of those foul-assed mini-donuts they were peddling in the south-east corner of the place. Vile.

That said, it wasn't all bad - the best deal in the place was (racer sportif?) selling off pairs of rubino pro slicks for $70... cheaper than a pair of the poopier (but still damned fine) rubino intrepids from Urbane that I've been subsisting on. I needed new rubber, so I gobbeld that right up. Maybe it's placebo, but i think they're a mite more supple...