It had rained overnight but there were stars out with broken clouds @ 6AM today. It was 44F & the roads were still wet. It was a good time for a shakedown ride of my Bianchi Trofeo as I had just installed a set of white Blumels "Popular" fenders removed from my Gitane which hasn't been ridden much lately. Everything went well & there were no problems from the tight clearance at the seatstay bridge. I had scheduled lunch with a friend & rode to the restaurant in light rain. Knocked off for the day & rode home, then drove up to Seattle for a visit to Recycled Cycles. There were disappointingly few used bikes but I did pick up a stem for the cross bike I'm building plus a really neat small saddlebag for $5! It has leather straps that fit the Brooks saddle on my Grand Jubile, made of some kind of heavily waterproofed Brown canvas with a separate internal bag. No name brand on it but it has a really retro look plus inside there was a new Minoura clamp-on bottle holder mount complete with a 1/30/96 sales receipt for $7.78 from a Seattle bike shop. Such a deal! Don