Wow, I've just read this thread... This is just the best community there is! The collective wisdom, support and genuine friendship is very moving.

KSH, I agree with you marriage is a strange thing isn't it? It can be heaven or it can be hell. And really for most of us, when we get married, who's to say whose marriage will work and whose won't? I was lucky I got married awfully young (21) and now I've been married exactly half my life to my DH. I remember thinking I knew I loved him as he used to be my best buddy, but was I "IN LOVE" with him? I wasn't definitely sure when I married him that the chemistry was 'perfect'. We've had our ups and downs like all couples, but I know that cycling has definitely brought us together and we're much closer now then we were precycling.

Trek420, you're dead right! And heck yes! A better bike is def. a big point scorer in my book! Your ex sounds like a big L loser, because you've showed her.

And Lise, you're doing something you love, look and feel ten times better for it, so it's all good! You GO girl!!