Well, I talked to the 'bank' and she said I could order my new wheels...WOOHOO!!! Right? Well, not quite yet. While doing all my research, I kept looking and looking and looking at the Performance web-site and it kept saying in stock in stock in stock. You can see where I'm going with this. Well as soon as I got the OK, I went to the web-site again with my 20% web coupon...FRONT WHEEL'S ON BACKORDER!!!!!!!!!! UNTIL JULY 15!!!!!!!!!! What the hell is that ?????? So now Slim Fast (my trusty mare with not so trusty wheels - Slim Fast b/c I can tell everybody that "I've lost 25 lbs. on Slim Fast!") sits in the garage while I cheat on her with Ms. Speedo goggles and Ms. Nike shoes, working on those aspects of my preparation. I guess it's kind of a blessing in disguise since I've spent ALL of my time on my bike this year. I needed a sort of kick in the shorts to get me into swimmin' and runnin'. Actually started to swim yesterday. Perhaps a run today?

Oh well, had to vent. I'm still fired up I'm getting new wheels.

FWIW, I took the advice of a few on here and got the Mavic Open Pro CD, 32h, w/ Ultegra hubs, and DT Swiss 14/15 DB 3x spokes. Can't wait to get 'em. Thanks y'all for the advice.

Kupe

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