New bike!

[Andrea]

I'd love to see it!

[Ann G]

I'll see what I can do about pictures. By the way, about being nervous, there is a long hill down to the Des Moines River valley a few miles outside of Ogden, where I'd traded bikes, and then an equally long climb to get out of the valley. When I was about at the bottom of that hill, I found myself alongside another Strada rider, and we got into a conversation. He said, "What, you mean you just did that hill a few minutes after buying the bike without much experience at handling it? That would have scared the poop out of me." Actually, I hadn't given it a thought until afterward. I was glad to find the rider, though, because I discovered that my front derailleur wouldn't shift into granny, I was going to need it to climb out of that hill. I'd left my tool kit in my duffle bag (good place for it), but he brought his along, so I was able to climb that hill and not walk my new bike up the hill.