Road Bike Regrets?

[northstar]

I second that! I REALLY want to go on a long-ish tour at some point. So far, DH isn't buying into it.

KB

You know...I would like to do a tour someday, too! DH and I are researching touring vacations. I would just love that type of bike for commuting, at this point. To be able to zip along, confident that I'm on a bike that can take the ruts, the dirt patches, the fenders, and the load would be a riot.

I'm socking money away...and researching...perhaps in March or April!

But still...no regrets. My road bike has (forgive the expression) changed my life. I went from being a boring blob of a person to a healthy, active woman with interests that get me excited and a real sense of empowerment.

[Kano]

No regrets here!

MAYBE I regret -- as was posted earlier -- the first bike, since it's sitting unused in my basement since I got the roadie. Poor bike: Every time I put my wheels back on, DH steals them off again! I have an old Trek 820 hybrid in the shed that I probably could have ridden last year instead of getting the Specialized Expedition, but, you know, the suspension front and seat post seemed like a good idea at the time....

I got to the point last year that I realized that I really didn't like the spongy front, and I felt like "if I could get my butt up higher I'd have more power" and knew that the Expedition really wasn't the bike for me. I wasn't sure if buying the small size was the mistake, or if it's just the riding position doesn't give me what I want. I'm considering getting the old Trek out again to see what I can do with it that will make it a happy commuter. -- I could do it with the Expedition, but I have hills to climb on my way home, and HATE the suspension when I'm climbing! Hmmm, can a body put a normal fork on those comfort beasts and regain the power?

Karen in Boise