OMG no guilt for such a thing. I actually sent you a PM the sunday before mentioning that after my ride to Codorus State Park I was feeling the early stages of saddle sores and thought it best to stay off the bike for a couple days. Never had s-sores before and now I think the culprit is a saddle I bought recently. Because of that I've been on a perfect saddle search- buying, testing and returning(so far). The Brooks is probably a perfect match, but I don't like buying leather
(go ahead and flame me, I'm a veggie lib )

I'm eagerly awaiting arrival of this thing: http://www.koobi.com/index.asp?PageA...PROD&ProdID=17
Hope it's the ticket.

And sheesh I gotta agree with you about NoRacer. 140mi with a full pack is making my back sweaty and sore just thinking about it. Seems like a great trip though. I might just give it a shot myself some monday... or, a sunday if I can ever get one off.