And she grew some. I've probably ridden well over a few thousand miles on this bike since i got it. Now that I have a triathlon bike specifically for my hard rides, this one has been deemed for pannier services. So this is what she looks like now. I apologize for the small-ish pics...my camera phone seems to disagree with the proportions I set forth.
Meet my yacht. This year she's sporting the same headlight, with a helluva lotta trunk space. That bag hanging from the aero bars in the front is the tent I was talking about. I haven't actually tried setting it up yet. That should be on the agenda sometime next week. It worked out mounting it there pretty well.
Plenty 'o trunk space as you can see. And why have one tail light when you can have two? The side bags have waterproof tarp thingies that can go over 'em. they look pretty resiliant but that's nice. The center bag is pretty sweet...plenty of pockets and dare I say it but the center console appears to be made for beer cans. Obviously this was designed by an actual cyclist.
Sorry for the fuzzy photo, but herein is the cockpit. I lost the pads for my elbow rests via leaving them on when driving 80mph with the bike on the back. The replacement ones should be in at Performance any day now (tm). You can't really see it here, but there are speakers off to the left of the ipod. Those are the highs. Sometime between now and Ragbrai, I'll be building a trailer for the subs. Of course I have subs. We're not pussies.
As lame as this sounds, I'm thinking of putting a kickstand on this bitch because I wanna figure out how to transport a camping chair as well. I need a solid ride for the Taste of Chicago among other festivities this bike will no doubt be taking me to.