starting to get it....I think I was jumping too many gears at first...
"ah, hill coming up, down shift down shift, clunk creak clink"

One at a time, as needed. I was reading Sheldon Brown's stuff (the guy who loves English 3 speeds) and he helped too...said: ideally you would always ride at the same cadence and shift as needed to keep that cadence...and a little faster is better than slower.

I also figured out what i DON"T like about the Pure....it feels low to the ground and I don't get an adrenaline rush on it...

I think I'm going to take my old Raleigh Grand Prix (bought it new in '76) in and see if I can clean it up without $$$$$ and ride that too... I just find myself every evening looking at hybrid bikes....! I don't have a lot of will power, but I sure as hell am tenacious!!