Ordered my new bike!

[Triskeliongirl]

Just so you understand, I am sure you could pair a 48/36/24 with an11/34 as well as with a 12/34 which would give you all the gears you have now plus one higher which you may want on your lighter bike. What is key is that now they make an 11/34 10 spd casette. Before you could only get 11/34 or 12/34 casettes in 9 spd. I only bring this up, cuz while I also like my 9 spd, sometimes when buying wheels and other stuff you can only get 10 spd, so you may have more options for replacement parts w 10 spd. But if you already have 9 spd stuff that you want to use, that is different.

Will your new bike have 26"/650 or 700 wheels. If the wheels are smaller, they you have to consider that when choosing your gearing (i.e.the gear ratio calculation considers wheel diameter so if you have smaller wheels you'll want larger chain rings in front and smaller in back to get same gearing).

The Terry Isis Sport has 11/34 (10 speed) cassette, and front rings 48/38/26.
My bike will have a 12/34 (9 speed) cassette and a front 48/36/24. That 24 really gets me up some major hills. I don't have a problem with keeping to a 9 speed....I just love my current setup, the gearing is perfect for me and where we ride, and we already have some of the parts anyway...so we are sticking with that.

My current bike is a very bright electric medium blue. So I want a softer earthier color. It's almost like our living room beeswax-y color, which I love. I tend to like lighter bikes than darker bikes, and dirt doesn't bother me too much.