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1 Why do we need bike computers? I'm just curious, other than keeping track of speed and distance, what else are they going to do for us or what does having the speed and distance do for us?

2 If we (Mrs and I) both always ride together, then do we need 2 or would 1 do the trick?

3 Tubeless? The guy at the LBS today asked if we wanted him to convert our bikes to tubeless. I did a little Internet research, and that seems to be the way the world is going, and it seems mature enough to be a good deal. He said that he could do it for $20 per bike (I assume that's just labor). The wheels on our bikes are "tubeless ready". I assume we'd need new tubeless tires. I have thought that we would use the tires that the bikes came with for a little bit when we're probably just riding 30-60 mins, and then after some time when we're more comfortable, we might change the tires to something better, and at that time, it seems like it would be a good time to go tubeless.

We now have helmets, shoes, pedals and gloves. Bikes, bibs, jerseys, pedals, my saddle and a Halo skull cap with tail and socks are on the way. (The Mrs' bike is at the bike shop. It's going to get delivered after New Years. My bike was ordered and will hopefully be delivered next week, but I don't know for sure. The rest should be arriving next week. We had our sit-bones measured. I'm able to take a fairly common saddle, but the Mrs, despite having a tiny derrier has wide sit-bones so needs something less common. We've got a line on a local bike shop that has some saddles in stock for the Mrs to try out. I'm confident that one of them will work.

We still need a few things, but we're getting there.