Thanks, girls. I looked for a cheapy older bike, but they're hard to come by down here- there's lots of poor people who already have them and won't part with them. The pricing is obscene, too, even the Salvation Army is out of it's mind on what crummy old bikes are worth. I just thought I'd get something mechanicly sound and comfortable.
I have the Cindy Brady white plastic basket with flowers- on my bar slumming bike. It has a couple of nice coats of glitter nail polish on the frame over a custom I-was- in-a-viper-state-of-mind paint job. Nothing ever gets done in New Orleans this time of year because Shrove Tuesday is two weeks off, and I'm sewing costumes for me and my bike. My feet are still injured, and Mardi Gras day is a long walk, so I'm taking my BMX cruiser as a portable chair. Maneuvers better than a wheelchair, though those are good to haul the cocktails along in...
Anyway, time to do the thrift stores for costume parts, so I'll look at bikes. I may just need a shiny new toy though, sort of like buying shoes.

Happy Valentines Day

missliz