Ramon, Mark and rydaddy - really great reports, and hats off to you for completing the DMD. It's funny, having just completed my first century this weekend, I reflected that it was a nice milestone marking how far I felt I'd come and yet how much more there is to do on a bike if you have both the ability and motivation - you guys clearly have both in abundance.
I suspect that I have similar techy inclinations to you Ramon - your comments about thinking about gearing instead of turning the cranks made me chuckle. I do like my 50T to be honest, but there were times when I was riding in 34x13 on Sunday (I had a 12-27) that I yearned for my old 39T.
Congratulations and kudos to all of you.