I have nothing to say except for I feel your pain. I had a lovely mountain bike that was converted to be a pseudo road bike. When I got my road bike, I gave the other bike to someone thinking I wouldn't need it. I miss it. There are times I just want to ride in bad weather or not wear cycling shoes or whatever....there are places I would like to ride where the road bike just isn't good (ie gravel roads, etc). Now I'm going to end up buying another "kicking around town" bike.