A year ago.. I didn't bike ride... now I have a nice road bike but I want to have a bike for commuting and riding about town.

I always wanted steel.. so I've been looking for a nice steel bike, preferably "vintage." You know how hard that is when you're my height (5'3)??

Well, ideally I wanted a complete bike but then a great frame came up in my size. So I went to go check it out. Turns out he left it at home but then I saw he also has another nice bike (complete and steel, 531).

I am now contemplating buying both???? I'm crazy.. What have you all done to me? I've also found a bike mechanics course which I think I'm going to take.

And I'm having so much fun. I'm looking forward (ignorantly??) to dinking around on the bike and figuring it out and making something nice from not much.

Um.. ok.. some background for those of you who don't think I can handle a screwdriver. In jr high school (a *cough* few years ago) I had shop for 3 years and was 1 of 2 who were certified to weld. I enjoy dinking around.. well, really it's learning for me. It's how I figured out computers. 2 years ago I learned how to build my own bookcase (it's not perfect but its holding my books). Funny thing is.. I'm scared but excited by the whole build a bike thing... I think my biggest obstacle will be my own inertia.