And this is why I'm an advocate of giving yourself lots of time to get used to a change. I am terrible with change that has to do with adapting to new mechanical or technical stuff, but this has nothing to do with age for me... I was ready to throw my custom bike in the garbage, if you remember last fall. I still feel a little shaky every time I get on it, but I have made myself ride it almost as much as my other bike, and I love it now. I just have to remember to push myself higher up on the saddle when I start, because of the geometry, after too many times of getting my shorts caught on the nose of the saddle! Yesterday I was on a longer ride with this bike, with my Trail Rider on the rack. That adds another dimension for me. Since I was with another AMC leader, as we were scouting a route for a future ride, I just made myself concentrate and not get too out of whack from the slightly different feeling. I didn't want to embarrass myself in front of him. Really, most of these things are in our heads and I use a lot of self talk to improve them.