I agree we should try and institute a regular Friday meet spot again - that Bettys' bar place seemed cool, but probably overloaded with those darn student types

Can't make it tonight though, I've got to take over my daughters cake (made it ready last night, cake from scratch woo!) to the east end ready for her party tomorrow (3 already, aye aye aye).

Thought it was a bit chilly with the wind this morning, glad to have a tailwind for the ride east after heading home, though I've still got the return leg that can just be a relax/chill out ride if the wind is that bad.

Re: Brooks, I have two B17s, one I got from AEBike.com for $50US and a nice copper/green one I got from Keith in his closing sale. The black one took a while more to break in than the green, but both are wonderful - I don't care about weight, I've put many miles on those saddles and they're simply awesome. No pain/discomfort/sores from ~5000km riding in regular pants/shorts on either of them.
They always feel and look rock solid, it's about the ass groove (tm to Homer )