So - My new road bike

[silver]

Trek Pilots are also supposed to support a more upright riding position.

my thought also. Mr.'s position on the Lemond Reno is fairly upright too. He has had back troubles too, but this doesn't seem to aggravate them.

However, just a warning, as soon as we got Mr. on decent road bike, I haven't been able to keep up with him. You might want to keep him on that hybrid