Spinning tonight for about an hour. I actually remembered to find the shoes with the Look cleats so I won't be doing it in "tennis" shoes.

Stopped by the bike shop today. Picked up the new fixed gear wheel. This afternoon I've been getting the bike ready. Installed the tube and tire. Inflated the tires. Added the new single ring bolts. Everything has gone like a charm. That is until I got out my chain tool to take off the old chain. The darn thing is broken and the little device that pushes the pins in and out is warped. How the heck do break a thick chunk of metal?

Tomorrow I attempt to get the chain length correct and then... drum roll please... I take my old new baby for a spin.

News Item of the Day: Discovery Channel team Classics specialist George Hincapie became a father last week when his girlfriend Melanie delivered Julia Paris Hincapie at 5:04pm on Wednesday November 3 in a Greenville, South Carolina, hospital.

Little Julia Paris weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and 20.5 inches long. Mother and new arrival are both doing fine.

Hincapie met Melanie, a native of the eastern French city of Dijon, during the 2003 Tour de France where she was one of the models accompanying the race entourage.

Viewpoint: Isn't George more than just a Classics specialist by now? That's a pretty narrow description of his role at Discovery/USPS.