Quote Originally Posted by pooks View Post
This is all very informative. Thanks for all the answers.

My bike is HEAVY -- almost 40 pounds, loaded! And yes, when I go up a hill, I work HARD. (Of course that has nothing to do with fifty extra pounds I'm carrying on my body, does it?)

I'm beginning to see that I can justify the idea of having two bikes. Heh.
Oh Heck yes, Pooks! You certainly can justify a second bike!

I've got my heavy comfort-beast, and will surely ride it now and again, probably put the "dirt tires" back on it one of these days, for when DH really REALLLY wants to go on the dirt trails, and I be a nice wife and suffer through them (even though they terrify me!) but I'm finding that I LOVE the feel of my new roadie! She makes one heckuva difference, I think!

DH does tease me a bit -- he says I was riding better on the old one, but you know, I'm getting the feel of this one, learning how she handles and all, along with staying behind him, cuz then I know where he is, cuz sometimes, he makes quite an obstacle of himself!

Karen in Boise