Welcome to the US Hawk and welcome to the board. and Opera??.....yet ANother bike brand I'm unfamiliar with and will have to go "look up".......*cigh* and problaby end up drooling over!
welcome to the board Hetty - Loved reading your stories!! and I can't wait to hear your first road bike ride report.....after commuting 25 miles on a full suspension MTB riding a road bike is gonna feel like FLying!!! be sure and tell us all about it...and pixs!! we LOVE pixs!
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming: "Yeah Baby! What a Ride!"