Biked in again today, and I am pleased to report that my back is evincing no signs of being peeved about it. I had a few moments of discomfort on the way home last night, but as soon as I got there and got off the bike they vanished; I did not take any painkiller, on the theory that it would be better to know, and ended up not needing it anyway. So that's happy.
My current plan is to get to 2000 rep with each of the continental factions ASAP so that I can get the level 30 house and ship bits as soon as I get the level; at the rate I get XP I think I'll be able to do it easily, especially since I'm already at 2000 with Kojan and less than halfway through level 25. With other alts I'm going to only stay on the home continent till 500, then go to the other continents, then repeat to 2000, then to 5000; I think this will be more efficient. Still haven't worked out what I should make for the gearless bard, however.
Progress on the Unmentionables edging stalled at a point which tells me I should have ordered that fourth ball after all. Fortunately KP shipping is fast...