Glory! Here She is!

[sundial]

Drat. I've already got a sloping top tube. It sure doesn't seem like it when I'm trying to dismount

Yes, but it doesn't slope that much.

[elk]

thanks gals...!!

Zen...every steel bike I rode under 50cm had a sloping tube, even the Trek520.
I wish they had photos of the smaller sizes you could compare! Maybe you need a custom??

and thanks for that explanation, Lisa...very clear, very exciting...

what an excellent bike I have!!! I can't WAIT to ride it!!!! (still freakin sick...and western oregon is having a stormy day anyway...and I have spent WAY too much money on wool...but think of the boxes in the mail!!)

[sundial]

Elk, if it helps, park your bike by your bed so you can have her near you.

[elk]

Elk, if it helps, park your bike by your bed so you can have her near you.

funny you should say that....she's been in the kitchen!! when I go in there to sit I look at her and look and look and boy, she sure is growing on me!!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

DH and I have started a mini-tradition. Any new bike in our house gets to spend its first night in our bedroom so it's the first thing we see in the morning.