i almost forgot

on wednesday eryn and i drove upto orange county in his corvette to goto a seminar/promo thing at the velodrome for raleigh/diamondback and sram.  the best part was i got to test ride the new sram stuff, and i was very impressed.  seems like they've really thought about the ergonomics a lot and produced a good system.  the double tap thing seems pretty intuitive, it feels super positive like shimano 10 and i like the lever shape and how they angle in a natural direction.  there seemsed to be a lumb in the hood right in my palm but maybe that was just how the bars were wrapped.  anyway, i'm not gonna be trading in my campy stuff but still, it's nice to see a good new product competing with everything else.  ps, it's super light.
raleigh also had some nice new bikes like the rush hour pro, a steel singlespeed 29er and a cross bike.  diamondback had a $400 commuter that we will probably sell lots of.