Exactly! And since I won't be the first to go off topic, it's a shame that international trade talks have collapsed in Geneva. An op-ed in my paper suggests that the US will blame China, China will blame the US, everyone will blame the EU, poor countries will blame rich and so on. In the end, consumers world-wide will lose. And my own country, Canada, is just as complicit in the failure as anyone else although it'll be the first to claim its hands are clean. Rubbish.

Whether it's trade in agriculture, bikes, or comsumer electronics, consumers win with trade. Lord help us is the Dems win the WH and carry through with promises to 'renegotiate' NAFTA.

BTW, I bought my first bike, a Trek 1000, back in 04 largely due to LA's performance in the TdF.