He's much better than I expected today, actually. Doped up, but he still managed to go trick-or-treating! To be honest, he's been looking forward to it for soooo long that I don't think even an amputation would've stopped him!

I've been in the doghouse with the wife (and in a self-imposed ban from the garage), but I've just had a minor breakdown and think I'll now be ok to resume normal programming tomorrow. The bike is still in pieces!! And I've totally abandoned the idea of the spare bike being ready - it's largely in its component pieces and not running anyway.