If it's Christmas, where's the snow?

And so, after months of reading reviews, and lucking into a clearance sale, and waiting weeks to get a proper aero fit, and waiting another week for the final adjustments to be completed, I finally got to bring my new baby home. After this, I'll probably cover it in a blanket until spring, so I don't spend all my time drooling on it. (Might rust the frame.) I'll have my wife put a ribbon on it and "give" it to me for Christmas. Imagine my surprise!

I'm not usually one for naming bikes, but sometimes they demand a name, and it's obvious what it is. And so, I give you, Lightning McQueen!

Isn't he sweet? Cervelo P2SL Pro. Imagined in Canada, built in China. The upgrades from the regular P2SL are the carbon fork and seatpost, carbon cranks, and upgraded aerobars. So sleek and smooth. Check out the cranks and the aero cutout in the seat tube.

And the view from the cockpit (if I were to try to TT my basement...) Those are new extensions, since my forearms were too long for the stock model. As they say in the climbing world, I have a high ape-index.

I know the position looks a little high, but my back is nice and flat, and I'll be comfortable through the longer distances. If I want to go a bit lower in the future, it's an option, but right now, everything is tuned to perfection (aside from my fitness ... less than perfect, it is). All I need to do now is develop enough speed to earn this ride. I can't imagine anything more embarassing than riding Lightning and getting my doors blown off my some dude on a MTB.