Clark - congrats on a well ridden race and a fun new experience. The San
Jose is a great bike - a single speed/fixed sibling of the slightly more
common Volpe. I have a Volpe setup with a flip flop hub and Albatross bars.
If you have a photo, I'd be interested in seeing your San Jose.
As a gene
I never understood the need for groups of cyclists to denigrate the kind of
cycling other people do.
In the 1990s, I rode with a cyclist who was sponsored by Bridgestone, Eric
House (the first man to do Furnace Creek 508 in under 30
hours: https://www.furnacecreek508.com/reports/1992fc508.html)