Pop quiz!
Which takes the most time, effort and frustration:
a) Installing new Gatorskins on narrow, old wheels and pumping them up with a frame pump.
b) Fiddling with the brakes after installing new pads to get the right action at the lever and the right position on the rims.
c) Making it so the fenders don't rub against the new tires.
The answer is C. I actually resorted to a hammer before I figured out the trick to adjusting the stay length. (And the hammer didn't budge 'em.) Judging by the weird angles I had to smooth out from the stays, I wasn't the first to say, "Stop... hammer time!"
Sno-proofing, err, Proofiding my saddle now, everything should be a "go" for tomorrow after work.