Maybe it's just dewey eyed nostalgia, maybe it's the price of gas, but I've been thinking about all the years when I didn't even own a car and rode a thirty pound cheap steel bike everywhere. I was thinner, happier, yes younger too. I have a stable of bikes now that I would be terrified to leave locked up outside the grocery store- too easy to steal pricey parts off of. My go to Mardi Gras bar crawl bike is too crummy to ride every day, TOO cheapo.
Any body have a 'comfort bike'? At $350 I'd still only leave it in select places but I could get in a lot of fitness work running errands on it and riding it to the gym would spare me the boredom of the Lifecycle. I saw a Diamondback (Wildwood?) with a swoopy retro frame and a cushy ride, pretty paint colors, price I could get over losing. What do you all think? I'm thinking wicker basket on the front.

missliz