My wife decided to torture me by bringing me through shiloh and witchita trail in flowermound south of our house. Since it was my second ride on the Giro I did pretty well considering the hills over there. I'm still getting used to the grip shifts I just gotta learn to shift the cassette side the right way so I don't end up in the hardest gear at a stop.
Overall did about 36 miles Sunday including stopping at Bicycle plus, Cici's and then Bluebonnet where I finally found some yellow bottle cages for my seat. Here is my bike at one of the rest stops.
Rear

here is a sideview before I pulled the wheel reflectors off (noisy little devils)

Front

My poor wife after her diabolical plan to torture me failed, I mean "laying in the sun" 

 
Tommorow I'm going to give it a go on my commute 22 miles to work and probably 25+ back. A couple lights I'm worried either on hills or crossing 121 but I have to do them sooner or later.
Dinotte 200L Front, 140L Rear
Fenix LD2 Helmet Light
Take a Look Eyeglass Mirror

My wife rides a DF, and I'm on a Bacchetta, and we sometimes ride over the dam and up into Flower Mound (We live in Southlake).  Want to meet for a tour of Flower Mound sometime?

Thanks all.  
Actually if I'm good I hope I can get a SONS hub for xmas and when I get in a little better shape I plan on taking it randonnuering.  
I've been spinning pretty good too. I always spun hard on my merlin and touring bike but I'd stay in too high a gear at stop signs because I could stand and mash away. Now my only issue is spinning that gear shift right instead of left when coming to the stop and ending up in the highest gear oops.  
At least half a dozen times I ended up off the bike holding up the rear wheel and pedaling to shift it into a better gear.
It'll take a little time till we are up for riding with others I think. I have been trying to get her out to the bluebonnet begginer ride for a while but so far no luck.
 
 

I rode into work today and all went well. I averaged almost 15mph even with the super dense fog.
I think I have to move my cyclocomputer off the bar since it is really in the way of where I'm trying to look. That and find some bar mirrors for the outside of the bars up top. My take a look got really really fogged up this morning as did my glasses.  

Steve is that the Evo Lite Mirror?  I have basically the same thing made by combining a mirrcycle mirror and an old cateye light bracket.  I like mine, never really taken to helmet mirrors.  
 
Sweet looking Rig EVBlazer.  I've commuted on my Corsa, but I prefer something that is a little easier on my short short legs.  I've considered a Giro 20 or make my LWB tryouts a permanent deal.
 
Take Care,
Nelson.

Hm that looks like an Evo Lite  that Calhoun lists which caught my eye the other day.

They have numerous amounts of extensions and mounts for it.
http://www.calhouncycle.com/productcart/pc/viewCat_h.asp?idCategory=9
 
I must say when I left at 4:30 it wasn't foggy in double oak so I didn't know what I was getting into but was somewhat prepared as my Giro is my all weather commuter rig now. It was early enough I don't see much traffic so that was good.
It wasn't actually foggy till I got to lakeside approaching 121 and I thought it was just going to be there and over on royal for a mile or two like usual but today it was solid fog the whole way except for a couple clear spots. When I crossed over 114 I could not see the cars on the highway. I heard them so I know they were there but I could barely see their lights.  
Early in the fog I think a trucker took pity on me, or couldn't see the road himself, and followed me down lakeside instead of changing lanes. I was going at a pretty good clip at that point since I know the road so well and when a car passed on the left he was only going a few mph faster. I actually caught up to a few cars on some back roads near beltline that were either lost or had difficulty seeing.
 
With the dinotte on high/low flash, superflashes solid and much more reflective material then I had when that pic was taken I was pretty visible but kept out of the way when cars approached. I do wish I had setup my lightman amber strobe though. I still had cars stopped at side streets to let me pass when I approached so they saw me from the front also.
The most dreaded part of my commute was a no show. Going up royal to cross mcarthur, stop light on a busy hill, the light turned green when I was 100ft away and I made it through before it went red.  

Ray, is this the fenix lamp you're talking about?  I'm looking for a backup for my L8M
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/Fenix-L2D-CE-CREE-Premium-Q5-LED-FLASHLIGHT-180-Lumens_W0QQi temZ300204844845QQihZ020QQcategoryZ73340QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Greg (or anyone) - if you're fortunate enough to be ahead of Nelson during a night time ride, look in your mirror and you will be treated to a blaze of lights. It's an illusion but he looks like a car with fog lights.  
 
The Fenix is small, very light, good runtime, and quite bright even on medium.  I use mine as a back up, but only because I already have a SON hub, and Dinotte  (also a great light).
 
What a great day we have today.  I just returned from a high intensity, gasping for air ride.