thanks- you all actually have helped. the one comment...
"But isn't there a slightly better bike that would be even better?"
helped me back off and look more carefully. After all, part of the fun is the shopping. I took my trek 7200 in to the shop today and didn't even glance in the direction of the beautiful matte blue bike, got a pair of gloves instead and will pick up my trek sunday. That means to ride today it's me and the folder.
I stopped in at a bike shop I'd never been to and talked to one of the guys there. They had some bikes in stock, and some good sales (the touring cyclist in st louis) but the bike he recommended is one they didn't have in stock- a fuji nevada 1.0. So I'd like to see and ride one of those.
so, it would have been fun to have a new bike just because, I'm going to shop around a little and ride a few more mountain bikes, since I know so little about them. That's why recommendations help too- you can tell me whey you like the one you've got (I really liked the photo of the olive green giant rincon that was posted here).
vickie
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