I think the RD is messed up too. Now the front shifts OK, (although the chain did fall off once when I went to the little ring, while I was on a middle gear in back). I noticed that when I go through the rear gears, the two lowest are really quiet, and the next 2 make quite a bit of racket. That never used to happen, and correlates with those of the ones that I am on when I switch up front...so I'm guessing the rear is out of alignment a bit now too.

The LBS took care of me right away, while I waited (with 2 kids in tow), no charge of course. But no, they didn't test ride it, just checked it on the repair stand. The other LBS must have test ridden when I had my tune up 4 months ago, b/c I remember my seat was way off when I got it back.

I signed up for the maintenance course. So far I'm the only one. They need 2 more people or they cancel...so fingers crossed that everyone signs up at the last minute, b/c I'm desperate to learn this stuff so I don't have to keep bringing the bike in.

I still I had a nice, though noisy and slightly rough, ride this morning.