I think you are the sad little schoolboy! I'm actually from California and am heading back over there in a few weeks. It doesn't tend to rain that much over there. Asshole!
I rode one once, it was really wobbly and rumbled like a truck...the next time I saw the same rider / bike, the disk was gone (it collapsed)....don't bother, things get dropped for a good reason.
Stu, no, a bit expensive. Good ride last night-over half the riders were fully rigid and a few even had cantis. Of course I was the only one with purple anodised XLite bar ends :-)