Try, Try Again

Well, my bike shop confirmed that the Karate Monkeys are a couple of months out. I'm not willing to wait. While looking around for a KM, I found a Rivendell Quickbeam in my size. Since the Quickbeam was the inspiration for what I was planning to do with the KM anyway, I decided to re-evaluate if I could use the skinnier tire'd QB for the amount of offroad riding I plan to do. The folks over on MTBr.com seem to think I can do so. So, this afternoon I placed the call and bought the bike. It should be on its way to me next week. Hooray!