By the way, what did you end up doing with your Trek 1000 after the car crash? Did you get the wheels fixed or just sell it? How's that C'Dale 1000 working out? Did you get your frame fit issues resolved?[/QUOTE]
The car crash actually didn't do anything but scuff my brake handle. My "do it yourself" philosophy for wheel truing was so bad that I had to buy new wheels. All the better for my brother in law. I sold him my old Trek1000 with a brand new set of spartacus wheels on it. He now has the cycle bug and we are going to try to compete (some day) together. The new bike has had it's ups and downs. At first, I had buyer's remorse. After that, I fell in love with it. Now, after I thought I had the bike dialed-in perfectly, my lower back freezes. When I started over with the adjustments, I found that my seat was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too far back and am waiting for the weather to clear so I test out my new adjustments. I really haven't put the effort in to it that I planned. I still have a hard time keeping up with fellow riders and really need to get of my ass and train so I am not left behind by my buddies.