Ok, so, go figure, I changed my mind on a plane! Amazing eh? But at least this time I did it BEFORE I bought it! I decided against the Taylorcraft for various reasons and instead ordered (from the LHS, so I will have it tomorrow) a Great Planes Fokker D.VII. This is a German WWI-era biplane, and supposedly a great flier.

I also got the exchange process started on my bad-from-the-factory MUS. The LHS is nice for this, they'll get one in as if I'd just ordered it new, and handle the return on their own time. I'll have the new and hopefully more pristine MUS tomorrow along with the Fokker. Woot, 2 new planes in the same week! Should be a blast.

I finally got to take my Trek 7.6 FX for a test ride last night. Weather had been bad since we picked them up, so I hadn't had a chance to ride yet. But last night, other than being hotter than hell, weather was ok, so I went out. Took a short, 5 mile ride, and wow. Yeah. The bike really feels like it was custom built for me. It has the speed of the road bike I had for a while combined with the shock-dampening and stability of a hybrid (which it is, so that makes sense). We kept the stock wheels (thanks to my wife -- I'd wanted to go with 32c wheels over the stock 28c's, but she insisted we try it all out totally bone stock... and she was right!), and the lower rolling resistance really does give a lot of extra speed. On our previous hybrids we had 35c wheels (the 7.3 FX's) and I had 32c's on my 7.5 FX. The 28c's are perfect! Good speed and good turning too. We have a keeper! I can't wait till she tries hers out -- she didn't want to brave the heat last night. Heh.