BigSean: Thanks for the link! I'm trying to keep my frame dreams in the affordable range, and sadly, affordable for me is sub$800.

Ahhh dang, those Leopards are sweet looking bikes. I almost bought one and ended up with the Madone instead.

Nice that I post a $600 frame and you suggest a $2500 one. I like your style.

However, if I did have $2500 to blow on a frame, my allegiance is to Litespeed.

:D :D :D

The stem I have is
120mm
6* rise
25.4mm bars
183grams

Thing you can do right now for free, flip your stem, drop it a few spacers on the fork, I saw you had some room to play with, push the seat foward a lil or back a lil. Adjust location of the hoods, ect

...damn that $20 off coupon at performance!

Just ordered a pair of Hutchinson Fusion Comp Road Tires...

WOW!!! :eek: Congrats!!!
Now I may have company with my quest to have a BF jersey made in blue ;) :D :beer:

I have been upgrading my Ultegra components with Dura-Ace, and may be able to help you out ;)
Feel free to hit me up :)

lol! HI HERB!!!!!!! http://www.smileycons.com/img/emotions/91.gif

Thanks, can't wait for it come in and build it up :D
I may hit you up about your Ultegra stuff, I've got to go through some parts and figure out what I need.

I am going to have to play with the cleat position a little, and I did purchase the Dr. Scholl's 'Working' insole made with memory foam (I found that the gel is horrible for long rides), but I really like the new shoes. I did have a slight amount of pain on the Pie Ride, but nothing like normal! Now I am just bummed that I blew $400 on pedals over the past year and a half...

I am using the Campy Chorus pedals that are a 'Look' style system. However I have a pair of speedplays, single sided titanium SPD's, and Forte 'Look' style that people can pick up for CHEAP!

I'll use the MTB shoes this weekend :D

I'm waiting for pictures of you modeling all your new stuff! Especially the pink jacket and the glasses (if you got those)

t~

i forgot to mention THIS cycling related purchase:

http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US...7940758_ra.jpg

and

http://www.caligurl.com/wordpress/wp.../XD%20card.jpg

yes.... it's cycling related! hubby wanted a camera to replace the one i... uhm.... borrowed from him several months back.... then it broke... i replaced it... but kept the replacement as my "own" cycling camera..... so now he has one so he can take pics on rides, too!

i didn't get the sunglasses yet.... we went to the oakley store in cabazon and they didn't have them :eek: so i think i'll ask the LBS to order them....

the pink jacket was on backorder.... so i put my work addy.... well... they came in last week and it was delivered yesterday.... to WORK! but i'm home

i've been wearing the sugar shorts... the jury is still out.... i think the performance ultras are a way more comfy chamois.... BUT... the old version/material do not stay down on leg warmers.... the sugar shorts, since they have grippers.... stay down.... but the chamois isn't so great..... (doable for shorter rides... i definitely wouldn't attempt a metric or century in them!)

the red century jersey.... not sure i'm keeping it.... it's.... uhm..... cheap looking... and with all the jerseys i have... it's not like i NEED it..... so i may return that!

the two mtb-ing jerseys for hubby are nice!

and the ear covers... well.. they are standard ear covers! lol! i already had some and knew i liked them... just wanted more so i didn' have to wear blue ones or do laundry just cuz i ran out of black :rolleyes: OCP comment!

Got a topeak sprint floor pump , a PI headband and PI shoe covers over the weekend (20% off performance sale). The cashier lineup was crazy with a 30mins wait.

Non-bike related: Upgraded my cell phone to LG vx8600 (verizon), and got a portable car GPS nav. Now I won't get lost as easily when driving to bike rides. :D

Hey shoppinggurl....

All my Performance orders came in today except for the backordered gels which should be here in a couple of days. Not bad for free shipping which took less than a week, considering the holiday weekend and all.....actually, I'm impressed. :)

that's actually very good for performance! (the shipping was free for team performance members too... AND they still allowed the 2 day fedex upgrade for free! a lot of times for free we have to suffer through the ground shipping!)

they (performance) spent so much extra money on shipping.... they should have just let us do one order with the 40% off and they would have saved at least on shipping (i think my total was 11 or 12 orders! YIKES!)

FYI: starting tomorrow, Performance is going to have 10% off everything including bikes, in-store, off the lowest marked price. :)

My new DVD player from Buy.com just arrived. Actually it was tossed over the fence onto my patio but seems to have survived.

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/...V35822029_.jpg

I've been looking for something that plays PAL dvd's as well as Divx files and this fits the bill. No USB port like some of their other models, but I can burn a file to a cd about as quickly as dumping it to a USB drive. Nice looking picture and now I can watch all those PAL dvd's i've been gathering.

Has anybody gone to B&L Bikes in San Diego (on Camino Del Rio West off of Rosecrans)? How's their clothing selection? I hate driving to a store to find they have a meager selection after checking out the website and you can get anything. B&L doesn't have inventory, so I was hoping to get a feel for the place before I drove all the way out there.

Anyone?

All of my order's just came in, and I think it's safe to say that I just broke the bank :lol:

Out with the FSA bars, and in with Bontrager Race XXX Lite VR's :D

http://www.psycrithm.com/archives_ps...1930-thumb.JPG

Had to get the stem to match ;)

http://cahabacycles.com/images/libra...60171_05_m.jpg

And for the grand finally, I'm still bouncing off the wall's about these

Bontrager Race XXX Lite Carbon Team Clincher's

http://www.wheel2wheel4bikes.com/sms...clincher-5.gif

Very nice.;)

Nice stem and bars!!
You know, this WILL make you faster, don't you?:D

I think new wheels aren't far behind!

Thanks :) I just could not get the FSA's dialed in. The reach was just not working out. I even tried going from a 110 stem to a 100, and still did not feel right.. So after much tinkering, back to what works (110 Stem, and Bontrager bars with less reach). :beer: